Sarah Palin and Kate Gosselin: Exactly who is using who?

Therefore, maybe Mrs. G. sees Mrs. P’s tails as the new magic carpet to whisk her and her kids into the wilds where they can pick up their next paycheck.  OR, could it be a case of “Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer”?  Surely being as fame savvy as she’s become, Kate realizes that once Sarah Palin’s Alaska hits the airwaves, her inexplicable, octo-sized reign on TLC is doomed for a second place finish at best.  So, if you can’t beat ‘em… (Though the day you hear buzz of a Palin/Gosselin 2012 ticket, you better hightail it to the hills, or Canada, and don’t look back lest you be turned to dust!)

I realize that the main problem with all my ruminating about the mystery and motives behind this very odd new couple is that ultimately, as this case shows, these two women are highly unpredictable.  Therefore, one can ever know with absolute certainty what the likes of Sarah Palin and Kate Gosselin will do next.  That, my friends (whether you admit it or not), is why we keep going back for more and more and more on this endless buffet of nouveau fame-mongers and train wrecks.

BUT, maybe the joke is on us, indeed.  In the end, this pairing might boil down to something as simple as Sarah wanting to find out exactly how Kate managed to get all her children under a legally-binding contract so they have to do exactly as she says.  Now that is genius!

John Schlimm is a member of one of the oldest brewing families in the United States, meaning he sees life through sudsy, gold-colored glasses.

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