An interesting thing happened late last week, and I haven't heard anyone really raise it in the media.
Early on in the week, Sarah Palin told Charlie Gibson that Alaska was responsible for 20 percent of domestic energy supply.
On Sept 11, in what can only be described as a bizarre interview, Senator McCain said a top qualification of Sarah Palin has on National Security is "energy," and that she knew maybe more than anyone in America on it. He repeated what it seems like Palin told him - Alaska was responsible for 20 percent of domestic energy.
A day later, FactCheck put out the word - Alaska isn't even CLOSE to being responsible for 20 percent of domestic energy. In other words, Palin was pulling a number out of her ass.
Seems to me that in the "real world" this would completely disqualify Palin, using McCain's own standard of what qualifies her.
Think of it this way. I go into an interview for a job in Public Relations, touting my experience talking to reporters. The guy hiring me asks me to talk about some of my experience talking to reporters. Now, in this fantasy scenario, I really haven't dealt a lot with reporters, despite what I tell the interviewer.
So, I tell him/her, "Well, I talk a lot with Chris Kofinis and Joe Trippi..." Not knowing who those guys are, the person hiring me says, "Great! You're hired!" Upon hiring me, the man/woman introduces me to the staff and says, "This guy is qualified for the gig. He's talked to a lot of reporters, like Chris Kofinis and Joe Trippi."
The staff breaks out in laughter.
I would think that upon witnessing this, the CEO fires me on the spot, and maybe the dude who hired me, too.
It's simply amazing to me that absolutely no one in the press has put these two things together, asking if "energy" is Palin's number one qualification to McCain on what he's said is the most pressing issue to America, and Palin doesn't even understand the basics of energy in her own state, and got him to repeat her BS about it, why in the hell is she even under consideration anymore?
UPDATE: I missed this, but BarbMD picked up on this over the weekend.