My god... Sarah Palin is Delores Umbridge!
I've been reading Harry Potter fanfic this afternoon (A guilty pleasure. Bad Leez!), and I noticed that most authors, whether deliberately or not, seem to write Umbridge as a caricature of Sarah Palin. An alarmist radical, generally viewed by other characters to be an especially dangerous joke. Sometimes she gets her just desserts and it's especially satisfying. But do they invoke the Palin parallel deliberately, or was she written like that to begin with?
After some thought, I have concluded that Dolores Umbridge was Palin, before Palin:
Let's compare.
A sensationalist, clueless politician who doesn't actually care about or even understand the issues, just wants to do what puts her in a position of power so she can push her totally misguided agenda...
Umbridge? Check! Palin? Check!sickeningly sweet, wholesome, matronly image?
Umbridge? Check! Palin? Check!Really, really likes to accuse people of lying, against common sense and probably against the better interests of most involved parties?
Umbridge? Check! Palin? Check!Alarmingly xenophobic? Umbridge had her things with werewolves and centaurs, Palin left U. Hawaii after a year because there were "too many asians." Not to mention it's pretty much assumed she doesn't really like anyone who isn't a heterosexual WASP. Rowling has basically admitted that werewolves are the Potterverse equivalent of HIV+ people, and are you sure our president isn't an Islamic terrorist, Ms. Palin?
Umbridge? Check. Palin? Check.JK Rowling is like, a psychic or something.
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