Sarah Palin is our Jelly of the Month Club
"Clark, she is the gift that keeps giving the whole year."
Recap: Sarah Palin...
(1) has been governor of a tiny state for less than two years,
(2) was part-time mayor of a town of about 8500,
(3) was president of the foreign-policy experience PTA,
(4) is a former member of the Alaskan Independence party that supports secession from the United States of America,
(5) only wants to be Vice-President of the United States if it will do good things for Alaska,
(6) opposes earmarks except when they are given to her state or town,
(7) was for the "bridge to nowhere" but changed her mind when the national media learned of the story,
(8) refused to return the "bridge to nowhere" money to the American taxpayers and instead kept the earmark money for the bridge and used it in Alaska for other purposes,
(9) hired lobbyists as mayor to get her town earmarks, and the lobbysists delivered when she increased their paychecks,
(10) thinks the Pledge of Allegiance was written by the Founding Fathers,
(11) supports banning books,
(12) does not believe in evolution,
(13) wants Creationism (the right-wing, conservative Christian version that says the Earth is only about 6000 year s old—not just "God created the Universe") taught in public schools,
(14) believes global warming is a myth,
(15) does not believe people contribute to global warming (if it exists at all),
(16) fires lifelong government servants simply because they supported her opponent in the previous election,
(17) claims being in charge of the Alaskan National Guard gives her credibility to be Vice-President, but she and her supporters are not able to name one decision she made as head of the Alaskan National Guard—let alone explain how that decision helps Americans judge her experience,
(18) supports shooting wolves from helicopters,
(19) calls Hillary Clinton a whiner but hopes Hillary voters vote for McCain/Palin even though McCain/ Palin oppose almost everything Hillary believes and
(20) potentially fired a government official because he would not fire her brother-in-law who was divorcing her sister and fighting for custody of their children.
Folks, Palin has given us all of this in five days!!! What else is Ms. Claus going to give us? God only knows.
The Vice-Presidential debate is going to be fun. Expectations should never matter. Hey media: ask yourselves this: Would any of you select Doctor B, a general practitioner, to be your brain surgeon just because Doctor B performed just as well as Doctor A, a world-renowned brain surgeon, in an interview? Unfortunately, the media believes expectations matter. Therefore, expectations do matter in our pathetic political world. McCain’s people will be cramming foreign policy theory and facts into Palin’s head, but she has no chance against Senator Biden unless the media blows it and says Palin wins because she beat the expectations game or because Biden makes a gaffe.
I am sure Palin will make a good speech with a whole bunch of general platitudes about the American dream and fair play. Nevertheless, if McCain really believed in Palin, he would send her out for numerous open-ended press conferences and interviews. I suggest we refrain from holding our breath.
If the media does its job (or if it merely reads the research of people like us), Palin is going to be an anchor around the McCain dinghy.
As they say, a sinking Republican raises all Democratic boats.