Thursday, December 3, 2009

"An adventurous approach to the English language"

And with those words, Slate unveils the results of its "write like Sarah Palin" contest.

Aryeh Cohen-Wade's entry incorporates a thesaurus, hunting, and the capital gains tax.

"Reaching the peak of Igikpak, that majestic mount, feeling the smooth Alaskan wind rustle against my cheeks, watching over this vast yet tender land that epitomized so much of America's resplendent pulchritude, and slowly squeezing the trigger on the wolf cub I'd been tracking through my crosshairs, I suddenly felt in my heart something I had always known to be true: the capital-gains tax must be eliminated."

[Hat tip: Buzz Tracker]