It must be nice to be Sarah Palin. Although last night's speech was viewed as a success by pundits afraid to be viewed as sexist, I just saw a candidate (who worked previously as a sportscaster) who has mastered the ability to read a teleprompter and has benefitted immensely from low expectations. Unlike Obama, she didn't write the speech, in fact, it was written before she was selected so I'm unsure what was so remarkable about it. I've never in my adult lifetime witnessed a candidate for national office avoid the press as much as she has and still be viewed as a credible. She's not even scheduled to go on Fox news.
So, I suggest that Daily Kos start a Palin watch. I stole the idea from Chris Wallace who tried to embarrass Obama into an interview. So today is officially Day 6 of the Palin watch.
With that said, I would like to share exerpts from John Ridley's column in today's Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
"If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "token hire." If you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "game changer."
If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you're a "baby daddy." If you're the same in Alaska you're a "teen father." (Actually, according to your own MySpace page you're an F'n redneck that don't want any kids, but that's too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to take out of context and flog morning noon and night).
If you say that for the "first time in my adult lifetime I'm really proud of my country" it makes you "unfit" to be First Lady. If you are a registered member of a fringe political group that advocates secession that makes you "First Dude."