Freaks and Veeps: The L5P Halloween Parade

HALLOWEEN IN L5P: When it comes to making a Halloween costume that’s truly frightening, sometimes less is more.

I get why Sarah Palin costumes are funny.

She’s a real-life caricature of the Republican Party’s worst know-nothing, jingo-istic, gun-fetishing, Bible-abusing impulses.

Nevertheless, I have an increasingly difficult time laughing at Sarah Palin-themed humor, whether its Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live, or the great Palin mimic who marched in Saturday’s Little Five Points Halloween Parade.

Despite L5Palin’s perfect coif, her assault rifle, and prop-baby, it’s hard for me to look at Palins (real or simulated) and not be frightened at how worrying close Sarah Palin is to real power. Remember, George W. Bush’s idiocy was manifest in 1999, but he still got elected twice. Well, sort of twice.

Luckily, the Palin-look-alike was just a small part of a parade dominating by zombies, burn-victims, chain-saw wielding murderers, ghosts, grims reapers, and white guys in afro wigs.

To see more photos of the Little Five Points Halloween parade, including the Sarah Palin look-alike, click here.