A Bad Goldie Hawn Movie

Only four days into her reign as John McCain’s “soul mate,” or “Trophy Vice,” as some bloggers are calling her, on the ticket known as “Maverick Squared,” Palin, the governor of Alaska, has already accrued two gates (Troopergate and Broken-watergate), a lawyer (for Troopergate), a future son-in-law named Levi (a high school ice hockey player, described by New York magazine as “sex on skates”), and a National Enquirer headline about the “Teen Prego Crisis” with 17-year-old daughter Bristol.

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The political unknowns, of course, want that tantalizing brass ring, so they’re not always completely forthcoming about their skeletons, if they’re lucky enough to be ineptly vetted. This is ironic, since the nominee who gets blindsided with these crises — Did McCain really know that this Palin reality show was about to pop and swallow his convention — is presenting them to voters as the most trustworthy people to inherit the nuclear codes.

-- Maureen Dowd for The New York Times

We were discussing just last week about how we cannot realistically expect regular joes to be serious presidential contenders, but it now looks like we are getting that pushed in our face with Sarah Palin. Elitism is looking better all the time, isn't it? Aside from Christian fundamentalists, who can warm to the idea of President Palin? McCain is a cancerous 72. This political gimmick is putting country first?

A Bad Goldie Hawn Movie

Only four days into her reign as John McCain’s “soul mate,” or “Trophy Vice,” as some bloggers are calling her, on the ticket known as “Maverick Squared,” Palin, the governor of Alaska, has already accrued two gates (Troopergate and Broken-watergate), a lawyer (for Troopergate), a future son-in-law named Levi (a high school ice hockey player, described by New York magazine as “sex on skates”), and a National Enquirer headline about the “Teen Prego Crisis” with 17-year-old daughter Bristol.

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The political unknowns, of course, want that tantalizing brass ring, so they’re not always completely forthcoming about their skeletons, if they’re lucky enough to be ineptly vetted. This is ironic, since the nominee who gets blindsided with these crises — Did McCain really know that this Palin reality show was about to pop and swallow his convention — is presenting them to voters as the most trustworthy people to inherit the nuclear codes.

-- Maureen Dowd for The New York Times

We were discussing just last week about how we cannot realistically expect regular joes to be serious presidential contenders, but it now looks like we are getting that pushed in our face with Sarah Palin. Elitism is looking better all the time, isn't it? Aside from Christian fundamentalists, who can warm to the idea of President Palin? McCain is a cancerous 72. This political gimmick is putting country first?

Political Bullshit

Conservative Republican insiders, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy, caught speaking their disappointed hearts on the Palin pick.

Of course, Murphy and Noonan don't represent the religious right of the party.

Political Bullshit

Conservative Republican insiders, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy, caught speaking their disappointed hearts on the Palin pick.

Of course, Murphy and Noonan don't represent the religious right of the party.

The Case for Palin

For bemused liberals regarding Sarah Palin, Pat Buchanan aggressively puts forward the case for her selection:

Liberals howl that Palin has no experience, no qualifications to be president of the United States. But the lady has more executive experience than McCain, Joe Biden and Obama put together.

None of them has ever started or run a business as Palin did. None of them has run a giant state like Alaska, which is larger than California and Texas put together. And though Alaska is not populous, Gov. Palin has as many constituents as Nancy Pelosi or Biden.

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And her experience as governor of Alaska, dealing with the oil industry and pipeline agreements with Canada, certainly compares favorably with that of Barack Obama, a community organizer who dealt in the mommy issues of food stamps and rent subsidies.

Where Obama has poodled along with the Daley Machine, Palin routed the Republican establishment, challenging and ousting a sitting GOP governor before defeating a former Democratic governor to become the first female and youngest governor in state history.

Pat is an out-there right-winger, of course, but he has a keen political eye, at least when he's not running for the presidency himself. Unless the Palin nomination astonishingly implodes in the next couple of weeks, we are going to have to admit that this still promises to be a hell of a battle.

The Case for Palin

For bemused liberals regarding Sarah Palin, Pat Buchanan aggressively puts forward the case for her selection:

Liberals howl that Palin has no experience, no qualifications to be president of the United States. But the lady has more executive experience than McCain, Joe Biden and Obama put together.

None of them has ever started or run a business as Palin did. None of them has run a giant state like Alaska, which is larger than California and Texas put together. And though Alaska is not populous, Gov. Palin has as many constituents as Nancy Pelosi or Biden.

...

And her experience as governor of Alaska, dealing with the oil industry and pipeline agreements with Canada, certainly compares favorably with that of Barack Obama, a community organizer who dealt in the mommy issues of food stamps and rent subsidies.

Where Obama has poodled along with the Daley Machine, Palin routed the Republican establishment, challenging and ousting a sitting GOP governor before defeating a former Democratic governor to become the first female and youngest governor in state history.

Pat is an out-there right-winger, of course, but he has a keen political eye, at least when he's not running for the presidency himself. Unless the Palin nomination astonishingly implodes in the next couple of weeks, we are going to have to admit that this still promises to be a hell of a battle.

Barracuda Attack

Oh my, listening to the Palin acceptance speech tonight, I have this sinking feeling in my chest about the chances of the liberal black Democrat from Chicago. Oh god, there goes the Supreme Court. We're going more Christianist and more plutocrat.

Barracuda Attack

Oh my, listening to the Palin acceptance speech tonight, I have this sinking feeling in my chest about the chances of the liberal black Democrat from Chicago. Oh god, there goes the Supreme Court. We're going more Christianist and more plutocrat.