She don't drink, don't smoke...
Shocking revelation: GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is actually the hottie reporter in Adam Ant's video for "Goody Two Shoes."
Sadly, that's highly unlikely, because Palin would have still been a teenager when the video for the 1982 song was shot. But click here to see the video again and tell me that I'm wrong.
Of course, since Palin herself is a child of the '80s, I'd like to think she's not even close to being a "goody two shoes."
TOP 5 'GOODY TWO SHOES' OF THE '80s:
5. KIRK CAMERON: From "Growing Pains" teen-star to evangelist, Kirk's had an odd journey. (And we were disappointed to hear his ministry "The Way of the Master' wasn't the name of a new song by Depeche Mode.)
4. JERRY FALWELL: The late head of the Moral Majority attacked the very foundation of America in the '80s. Yep, Hustler Magazine.
3. TIPPER GORE: Yes, the co-founder of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) is an obvious pick. That, Mrs. Gore, is an inconvenient truth.
2. PAULA HAWKINS: The only female senator to date from Florida served from 1981 to 1987. (Also a big Def Leppard fan.)
1. RONALD REAGAN: Ketchup isn't a vegetable, trees don't cause pollution and jelly beans aren't health food, Mr. President. Also, Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not
"Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political
movement!


Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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Chelsea was ugly, is ugly, freaking ugly. She will only land a wannabe politician. Then she will be the Clinton on the giving end.
Posted by: john | September 03, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Like daughter like Mom
Posted by: Bill | September 03, 2008 at 03:56 PM
KEEP TODD OF THIS BLOG !!
Posted by: | September 03, 2008 at 02:04 PM
Thank you for sending me to such a "crappy" video !!
About the last Minute and 10 second of it, the video goes black.
Posted by: Just PC it | September 03, 2008 at 01:46 PM
If anyone out there that has a teenager who NEVER practiced what their parents preached on ANY subject, I'd really like to here from you. Otherwise, all these stones should not be thrown!
Posted by: Mary | September 03, 2008 at 11:16 AM
steve and john,
i believe the term is "fronting."
you KNOW you had to look those up. stop living a boy's adventure tale and admit it. no way were those in your repertoire back in the 80s.*
or do we have an a-ha mole in our midst? hmmm...
*especially considering that one of you was practically a zygote in the 80s.
Posted by: Tonianne | September 03, 2008 at 10:51 AM
The a-hafia almost ruined our Cub Scouts fundraiser. Henry in Cuba and his pals were polishing shoes for donations when this big cross-dressing Eurotrash type steps up in a cut off a-ha t-shirt and sequined mini-skirt. He demanded the Scouts buff up his neon pink stiletto heels, but I told them they didn't have to. Nonetheless, Henry grabbed his brush and went to work, because...
...wait for it...
The Son Always Shines a T.V.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | September 03, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Careful, Steve. If you stay on these roads, there are scoundrel days ahead and you won't have any lifelines.
Posted by: John Hays | September 03, 2008 at 10:26 AM
I don't mean to cry wolf, but here's my train of thought on tweaking the a-hafia: They'll be hunting high and low for you until you're left crying in the rain.
Let's face it. They'd scare the living daylights out of any of us.
Posted by: Spears | September 03, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Go ahead, Tonianne.
Take on me....
Posted by: The a-hafia | September 03, 2008 at 09:36 AM
dude - we can so take them...
and their little kittens, too.
Posted by: Tonianne | September 03, 2008 at 08:47 AM
Oh, now you've done it, Toni. Queue the a-hafia.
Posted by: Spears | September 03, 2008 at 08:42 AM
Rob - thanks for the link, great stuff.
Steve - any chance you can fast track Biafra on the podcast interview wishlist?
Not that he's more relevant than say, a-ha...
Posted by: Tonianne | September 03, 2008 at 08:39 AM
Yipes, politics strikes SIT80s again...
Actually, I think Palin is hotter than the reporter in Goody Two-Shoes. ;-)
But in watching the video I saw another strange SIT80s convergence: Corey Haim now looks a lot like Adam Ant did
back in the day!
Posted by: Rick | September 02, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Jeff,
Holy crap! I've commented on at least a dozen blogs about her and have never referred to her as a Senator.
My apologies.
Posted by: ian | September 02, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Sorry, this is off-track from the current discussion, but you guys need to check out the Tipper Gore/Jello Biafra audio from the Oprah Winfrey show. Jello absolutely owns Tipper and puts her in her place.
He makes the strongest argument I have ever heard about freedom of speech and how we really have NO freedom. Jello was and still is the smartest guy in music/punk.
Here's the audio...check it out. i am as liberal as they come, but Tipper is no friend of the liberal agenda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW1NHUhJmwQ
Posted by: Rob Bass from Chicago | September 02, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Lame Dude
Posted by: Larry | September 02, 2008 at 09:49 PM
She's not a senator -- she's the governor of Alaska.
Posted by: Jeff from Vegas | September 02, 2008 at 07:27 PM
Spears, I was wondering how long it would take for you to blog about Sen Palin!
First time I saw her was on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He also said she put out the naughty librarian vibe. She could make the State of Union Address tolerable!
Posted by: ian | September 02, 2008 at 04:31 PM
Lucia - Not sure what's hypocritical about a Republican mom being glad that her daughter is sharing her Republican views with regard to her pregnancy?
Anyway, I agree with the others, this isn't the place for politics. She's quite attractive and I'm sure Steve's eyebrows raised a good bit when he first saw her! ;)
Posted by: John Hays | September 02, 2008 at 03:47 PM
The reporter actress in the video is Caroline Munro, isn't it?
Posted by: Mark in East Texas | September 02, 2008 at 03:33 PM
You're wrong...and very strange.
Posted by: Dave | September 02, 2008 at 02:57 PM
I know talking about politics often brings out the worst in people, but I'd like to point out that Steve's post wasn't political commentary. He just pointed out the obvious, which was that the GOP vice presidential nominee happens to bear a striking resemblance to an iconic figure to '80s fans. (Or at least she was iconic to those of us who loved Adam Ant.)
Some of the commenters were the ones who tried to turn this thread into a political debate.
As the drill instructor in Stripes said: "Lighten up, Francis."
Posted by: Johnny B. Goode | September 02, 2008 at 01:50 PM
It's ABSOLUTELY HYPOCRITICAL for a so-called conservative whose posse doesn't believe in contraception and sex education for teens instead of abstinence--which obviously doesn't work--to then say, oh, well, at least she's keeping the baby. Hey, Palin and neo-paleolithic GOP, fund sex education and contraception for teens so they don't have to make a choice about keeping the baby or not.
Posted by: Lucia | September 02, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Sorry, Todd. I was working on that post while you are posting yours.
Posted by: Rock Fields | September 02, 2008 at 12:49 PM
I have a brother works in Alaska and absolutely LOVES Gov. Palin. He told me a little of her record and I looked at a little more of. I really like what I have seen and heard.
Lucia, I would love to know how it is hypocritical that you have a teenager (I say again a teenager not the mother who is running for office) who disobeys her parents wishes, because all teenagers obey their parents in everything, right? The girl and her boyfriend made a mistake, they are going to keep the baby (following the pro-life part of her mother's beliefs) and I also understand the young couple are going to get married. Doesn't sound too hypocritical to me.
Gov. Palin kept her Downs baby rather than abort it and the left is giving her grief on that too.
Posted by: Rock Fields | September 02, 2008 at 12:46 PM
KEEP POLITICS OFF THIS BLOG !!
TAKE IT TO >> THE BUZZ <<
Posted by: Todd | September 02, 2008 at 12:29 PM
how exactly is saying her daughter isn't a goody two shoes mean-spirited?
It's actually pretty nice was of putting it.
Posted by: DenverMatt | September 02, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Hey, Lucia, how about a little substantive hypocrisy, like OBAMA of all people saying that Palin, governor of Alaska, has too little executive experience to be a vice-president. This while his greatest achievement to date is convincing too many Americans that their country is going to hell in a hand-basket and that he is qualified to be THE president simply because he succeeded in getting the Dem nomination!
By his reasoning, I'd be qualified to be Editor of the St. Pete Times simply by applying for the job and getting an interview.
Posted by: tosser | September 02, 2008 at 11:58 AM
**sighs dreamily**
She makes me want to read more.
Posted by: Walter Cox | September 02, 2008 at 11:33 AM
The "sexy librarian" motif seems to be rearing its tightly-bunned head all over the SIT80's blogoshere these days.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | September 02, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I'm thinking "Rock the Cradle (of Love)" would be appropriate.
Posted by: Michelle | September 02, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Miguel's back!
Posted by: % | September 02, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Let's all sing it together now:
Sweetest little bookworm
Hidden underneath
Is the sexiest librarian
Take off those glasses
And let your hair down for me
Posted by: my morning jacket | September 02, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Conservative hacks, you invented "mean spirited." Can't forget fatso Limbaugh actually making fun of Chelsea Clinton's looks when she was a kid. That's mean spirited! You guys would have a field day if a Democrat advocating abstinence had a kid who was going to be a baby momma. Hypocrisy and mean spirits abound in the conservative camp.
Posted by: Lucia | September 02, 2008 at 10:54 AM
The shallowest comment I'll ever make: I'm voting for their ticket because I like her Tina Fey/sexy librarian vibe.
Posted by: Walter Cox | September 02, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Thank you, folks for showing how mean-spirited the Left really is!
Posted by: | September 02, 2008 at 10:31 AM
I'd expect comments like these from the readers of the "Petrograd Times"
Posted by: | September 02, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Ah! The ultra conservative lady was a notty girl! That makes me laugh!
Posted by: Miguel | September 02, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Well, I'm not too sure the goody two shoes label. She did admit to not only smoking but also inhaling.
Posted by: Rock Fields | September 02, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Now, if only McCain rocked like Adam, we'd have a ticket.
Posted by: cat | September 02, 2008 at 09:36 AM