Two people I wish would just go away!

Sept. 9, 2009 --
One of these two is bound to shock longtime readers!

1. Sandra Bullock: No one (I mean NO ONE) was more 'smitten' with Ms. Bullock when she was at the height of her career (I'm talking the While You Were Sleeping/Speed years). I can still loan to anyone who wants them my VHS copies of every movie she appeared in from "That Thing Called Love" through "Forces of Nature." [That includes "Demolition Man" (opposite Sylvester Stallone himself) too!.]

But a disturbing trend has developed this year: she has 'come out of retirement' to do more of those lame 'romantic comedies' we've come to expect from her -- only now she is starring opposite leading men who are half her age! First came The Proposal, opposite that 'I don't get why he is popular' Ryan Reynolds nonentity. Now we are treated to All About Steve with heart-throb du jour Bradley Cooper (Loved him in Alias!). I don't deny SB still has the clout to 'open' a movie (Steve was No.3 on its opening weekend!) But really, shouldn't these roles be going to younger actresses like Amy Adams and Rachel McAdams? (Lord knows they need the work!) =)

First, SB has never been that gifted at slap-stick (anyone see her appearances on the lame George Lopez TV show?) Second, she is a better actress than this material -- as evidenced by her roles in Crash and Infamous. That's what she needs to do: go away for now (here is an idea: chill out with me & McConnaughey in Austin!) and wait for that next Crash role to come along. That's my career advice. Or she can continue to cash that big paycheck by appearing in immediately forgettable movies.

2. Sarah Palin: No one was more 'smitten' with that maverick-y newcomer to the political scene -- all winking and aw-shucks -- than FFG. [Or am I thinking of Tina Fey? 2008 was such a long time ago.] Nevertheless, I remember thinking during the VP debate: "She is adorable!" [Full Disclosure: I love Joe Biden.] I even took her side during the clothes controversy (alongside the irrepressible Elisabeth Hasselbeck), and later when those sore-loserman McCain hacks* started taking potshots at her (as if their lousy, idea-less, negative campaign had a chance to win anyway...As if!).

*Nicole Wallace, you are better than that!

But did you listen to her farewell address from Alaska? I couldn't understand a word she was saying! What was she rambling on about with the 'merciless rivers'?? I just didn't get it! And then, she goes on to 'tweet' those lies about Obama's "Death Panels"? The one chink in her armour during the campaign was she didn't have a grasp of national issues (I may be understating it a tad). So, her first act as an Ex-Governor is to provide more ammunition to those claims. She needs to follow the advice she gave 'the media' when she quit: stop lying!

Now we see how she plans to 'make a difference' outside of government: by going on Facebook? (we all know what a time-waster that is!). I wish she would just go away. (But something tells me she is tweeting at this moment, the same night that President Obama outed her in front of a joint session of Congress ... in front of a bunch of weak-willed Republicans sitting on their hands, too cowed by Fox News to even applaud for the concept of truth over lies (I loved it!)