Sarah Palin is a bright shiny object. Ignore her. We have 60+ days to win an election and make history, beating the longest of long odds. Don't be distracted by the latest Rove/Schmidt/McCain gimmick. Stay focused on what you can do to help win this election.
We all know she's scary.
We all know she's not qualified to be president or vice-president.
We all know she's under investigation for ethics violations 18 months into her first term as governor of a state with the population of Tucson, Arizona.
We all know she's McCain's Hail Mary pass and that he's met her once, and has all sorts of crass, cynical and even tawdry motivations for selcting her.
We all know Country First is a crock. If we didn't before, this proves it.
Some of us even quetion whether Sarah Palin is the mother of her newborn son.
But...ENOUGH!
We have 60 days to win an election that is the most critical in a generation.
Let the media do their thing. She's chum for the hungry sharks. They live for this. As we speak, teams of ravenous reporters looking to make a name for themselves are combing through Palin's high school yearbooks, calling her old boyfriends, reading every interview she's ever given, searching for the smoking gun, the crude, racist, mean-spirited remark. Any demonstration of her complete and total unreadiness for the gift she's been given by John McCain.
Obama has passed their tests, again and again. He's been through hell, against the Clinton's and the media for the past 18 months. And he's emerged stronger than ever.
So we owe it to him and Joe Biden and everything we say we care about to stop with the Palin obsession and get back to work. Register voters. Raise and donate money. Recruit more volunteers. Stay upbeat, energized and on message: Positive Change. McCain doesn't get it. More of the same. Eight is Enough. Health Care. The economy. Energy independence.
Leave the bright shiny object that is Sarah Palin to those who live to take the shine off of everything that glows. She's a gift to them and further motivation for us. Two months. 60 days. The election of a lifetime. There is so much work to be done. Immersing ourselves in the life and times of Sarah Palin won't get us anywhere near our goal and might just be the distraction that keeps us from it.