Sarah Palin's Twitter feed, as performed by Shatner

Whatever your feelings about Sarah Palin, and I defy any sentient being not to have enjoyed some spontaneous reaction at the sight of her, you must admit she is a little different.

Which, to my mind, is the very definition of art.

So I was both moved and unsurprised to discover that her Twitter feed has been deemed to be poetry and set to music.

On NBC's "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," Palin's tweets have been given full artistic recognition.

On Wednesday night's show, "Star Trek" legend William Shatner, accompanied by a little percussion and double bass, gave full vocal meaning to the tweeting of the now ex-governor of Alaska.

Never has the phrase "listening to Big and Rich" been given more gravitas.

Then there's perhaps her most Waldo Emerson-esque line: "Consistent rain reminds us- no rain, no rainbow."

Shatner delivers it with a lyricism rarely heard even on the most refined of Broadway stages. I sense a premiere at Carnegie Hall.

On an earlier show, Shatner was called upon to recite her resignation speech.

[ewelch]

Actually, those were passages from her resignation speech. NOT postings from her Twitter feed.

[sanjayb]

EXACTLY!!! Get your facts straight Chris.

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

@ewelch and Sanjayb,

Regretfully, I am pained to inform you that you are mistaken.

The Big and Rich reference is a Palin tweet from July 22nd. And the rainbow reference is July 17.

I am so sorry.

Chris

[sanjayb]

I am pretty sure before Shatner was introduced Conan had mentioned it was from Sarah's resignation speech. Did Conan screw up?? No wonder it wasn't making sense. I was thinking this is her resignation speech?? :-P

[sanjayb]

I really didn't find this skit funny. It was kinda of blah.

[imwithsarah]

I am from Alaska and I love Shatner's rendition of Sarah's poetry. I consider it a tribute not an insult. Maybe when you are in awe of the natural beauty all around you, the poetry flows naturally. As for the 'shut up sarah-we won't stop talking about you' corporate media, why don't you try acting like reporters in the 'old days', you know doing some actual research, covering real stories about the president handing out 4.7 trillion dollars and his government being run by goldman sachs executives? Obama could learn alot about standing up to Corporations from Sarah- read Why Alaskans Love Sarah http://praisinpalin.com/why-alaskans-love-sarah/

[Len Bullard]

The media is bought. We're on our own out here.

The more they make fun of her, the more noticeable and powerful she becomes. See George C. Wallace. An outlier doesn't have to take the center; they only have to get enough momentum to control the outcome of the race. That is why a major party winds up adopting the positions of the third-party du jour as Nixon had to adopt Wallace's positions.

The Republicans will absorb the Libertarians. Suddenly, the uptight all right money any war anywhere anytime people find themselves sitting next to aging hippies who dress funny but have a lot to say that will make more sense to the country than their suit and tie fellow party members.

Don't believe it? Watch.

[andyengle]

"you must admit she is a little different."

I must...? What exactly is "different" about her? I think she's awesome and makes a lot of sense.

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

@andyengle,

And I'm sure you don't feel that way about a lot of people.

So that makes her different, right?

Thank you for commenting.

Chris

[SlimGem]

I watched this on 'The Tonight Show' and laughed my arse off. Shatner was great and the whole beatnik poetry setting was brilliant. Conan comes up with some good stuff.

"The more they make fun of her, the more noticeable and powerful she becomes."

Wow. Just wow.

[uglo]

I guess Shatner needs something to do in his old age and this is better than nothing.

[P_F_M]

I think that both Shatner and Palin are "a little different" but fail to see what this article has to do with technology.

[JonFraudCarry]

Anybody ever performed Shatner's 911 emergency call, if he got his wife's body out of the pool yet?Liberals and idiots, like Shatner, are afraid of Sarah Palin.