"Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy...um, helping the...oh, it’s got to be about job creation too...shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track...so health care reform and reducing taxes and...reining in spending has got to...accompany tax reductions and tax relief...for Americans, and...trade, we have, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as uh...competitive, scary thing but...1 in 5 jobs being created uh, in the trade sector today, we've...we've got to look at that as more opportunity...all of those things under the umbrella of job creation..."
Andrew Breitbart has written a column in today's Washington Post about what is increasingly being referred to as Palin Derangement Syndrome. Read it:
Palin Derangement Syndrome, a more irrational variant of the Bush contagion, doesn't require sufferers to know anything about the subject of their hatred. Anonymous, unsourced rumors fuel the fire (book banning, speaking in tongues, creationism, etc.). Lovely family photos hacked from a personal e-mail account displayed on commercial Web sites push more buttons. Asterisks from Mrs. Palin's biographical sketch - "moose hunter," "small-town mayor," "wife of champion snow machine racer" - cause excessive sweating and irregular heartbeats. She even fired a guy who Tased a 10-year-old. (Oh wait, she didn't.)
What will happen when they find out she shops at Wal-Mart?
He goes on to describe how the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Margaret Cho, while "clumsy on their lesbian training wheels," have tripped over each other in their attempts to express their distaste for Sarahcuda. Cho recently blogged, "She is evil...If you [Palin supporters] were truly Christians, you would let gays get married, and send them fucking presents from Bed Bath and Beyond!" Breitbart points out their inability to acknowledge that their own Messiah doesn't support gay marriage either.
For many, gay marriage is a key issue.
Yet none of these gilded-ghetto living haters point out that their savior, Mr. Obama, stands against gay marriage, too. Is that change Melissa Etheridge can believe in?
Like President Clinton, who supported regressive anti-gay-rights legislation such as "don't ask, don't tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act, Mr. Obama gets a massive pass from the activist gay left and their stenographers in the mainstream media.
The never-reported political reality is that both Mr. Clinton and Mr. Obama understand that key components of the Democratic Party - the black and Hispanic blocs - hold views that Brad Pitt would deem "homophobic."
Liberals, particularly the Hollywood elite, live in a bubble. They read liberal opinion pages, they watch television networks saturated with liberal ideas, and they associate only with other liberals, lest they have to descend to the level of a lowly conservative, who to them is at best a moron and at worst a hyper-religious hate-filled bigoted racist.
Hence, it's no surprise that on many a Wednesday in November, they are often left wondering where all these conservative voters came from.
Can you imagine how many heads would explode in Hollywood amidst cries of a "political ploy" if John McCain were to appoint, say, an openly gay person to a cabinet position?
If you peruse www.tshirthell.com, you'll find the most despicable piece of anti-Palin merchandise I've ever come across, obviously in reference to Sarah's Down-syndrome-afflicted son:
This doesn't happen very often, but...I'm speechless.
Because more than half of them are liberal, and will end up hating a woman with whom they disagree, as evidenced by these charming ladies at an anti-Palin rally.
Let's keep it appropriate sir, this is a family event.
More heartbroken community organizers.
Simple. Effective.
Doesn't Code Pink have a monopoly on that particular shade?
Someone hasn't heard of Google. Or perhaps it's just more fun to believe she wants Alaska to secede from America.
Let it be known that I love homemade protest signs, be they from Republicans or Democrats. Go right ahead and keep up the attacks on her, and encourage Obama to do the same. Ironically, McCain could be the only one to emerge from this fiasco without any scars.
Despite repeated shrieks from the Left to the contrary, USA Today is reporting that during her time as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin "governed from the center," "went after big oil," and "rebuffed religious conservatives" on issues like abortion. From the article:
Weeks after taking office as Alaska's governor in December 2006, Sarah Palin vetoed a bill that sought to ban benefits for the same-sex partners of state workers. It was unconstitutional, she said.
This year, she rebuffed religious conservatives who wanted her to add two abortion restriction measures to a special legislative session on oil and gas policy, even though she supported the bills...Palin has taken few steps to advance culturally conservative causes.
Instead, after she knocked off an incumbent amid an influence-peddling scandal linked to the oil industry, Palin pursued a populist agenda that toughened ethics rules and raised taxes on oil and gas companies.
What? A Christian can reasonably isolate her beliefs from her role as a public official? This won't sit well with DailyKos.
Just another sad example of the utter garbage you often get when you send your children to college. Here are some choice words about Sarah Palin from Professor Wendy Doniger of the University of Chicago's Divinity School:
Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman. The Republican party's cynical calculation that because she has a womb and makes lots and lots of babies (and drives them to school! wow!) she speaks for the women of America, and will capture their hearts and their votes, has driven thousands of real women to take to their computers in outrage. She does not speak for women; she has no sympathy for the problems of other women, particularly working class women.
But I'm sure Hillary Clinton speaks for America's women, right? A woman whose entire career was (and let's hope it's past-tense) rooted in being married to a powerful man? Isn't feminism all about breaking down traditional barriers on your own, attaining positions of leadership previously reserved for men, and being strong enough to keep a family together while still having a career and aspirations?
Also, according to Wikipedia, Ms. Doniger was born in 1940. Does that picture look like a 68 year old woman to you? You aren't ashamed of your age, are you Wendy? Sorry, but your hypocrisy is much more palpable.
Update:If you read the comments in response to her column, the negative reactions are winning by about 500-1. Among my favorites:
It is clear that modern feminism isn't about women at all. I have known for years the ugly secret is that the leaders of "the feminist movement" are a bunch of lesbians who hate men. It's fine to be a lesbian, but it's not okay to denigrate those who don't agree with you. The reason I had the light bulb come on about liberal think [sic] is that they really are NOT open-minded. They have small boxes they put everyone in, and will be outraged if you dare try and escape. It's really sad, but also gratifying to see this type of stuff coming to fuller light.
Meet Dr. Andre Lalonde. Andre is a Canadian doctor who is concerned that Sarah Palin's decision to give birth to her son Trig (the one with Down syndrome), may have negative consequences on Canadian women. What consequences, exactly? That instead of aborting 90% of the time, women may actually feel strong enough to go through with the pregnancy and care for the child, and "thereby reduce the number of abortions." Oh no!
Andre offers more insight into just how much having Down babies worries him:
[Dr. Lalonde] worries that Palin's now renowned decision may cause abortions in Canada to decline as other women there and elsewhere opt to follow suit.
He says not every woman is prepared to deal with the consequences of Down babies, who have developmental delays, some physical difficulties and often a shortened lifespan.
Wider use of blood screening and amniocentesis during pregnancies can now accurately predict the presence of Down syndrome.
Lalonde says his primary concern is that women have the...choice of abortion and that greater public awareness of women making choices like Palin to complete a pregnancy and give birth to their genetically-abnormal baby could be detrimental and confusing to the women and their families.
What sort of doctor looks at the Palins' situation and says "The worry is that this will have an implication for abortion issues in Canada"? The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Canada, of which Lalonde is the executive vice president, has tried to recover its credibility after these statements, but according to Carly Weeks of Canada's Globe and Mail, doctors in Canada routinely give "messages of fear" to parents upon learning they will give birth to a Down syndrome baby. She writes:
Members of Canada's Down syndrome community say that many of the country's medical professionals only give messages of fear to parents who learn their baby will be born with the genetic condition.
"It's very dark," said Krista Flint, executive director of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society. "They hear a lot about the medical conditions that are sometimes associated with Down syndrome. They hear about the burden ... it places on children and a marriage.
From the same article, on the subject of Dr. Lalonde's comments:
As a vocal opponent of abortion, Ms. Palin's widely discussed decision to keep her baby, knowing he would be born with the condition, may inadvertently influence other women who may lack the necessary emotional and financial support to do the same, according to Andre Lalonde...
Dr. Lalonde said that above all else, women must be free to choose, and that popular messages to the contrary could have detrimental effects on women and their families.
Forgive me if I'm being grandiose, but doesn't this speak rather loudly against Canada's socialized health care system? This essentially eugenics via abortion, except instead of attempting to create a "master race" like oh, I don't know...the Nazis - the good doctor is just looking out for the Canadian government, whose health care system is already in shambles. It doesn't take the vice president of an OBGYN society to figure out that the socialist system will be further burdened if more special needs children are born.
And if you think the eugenics comparison is a bit of a stretch, allow me to remind you that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was an advocate of negative eugenics - the goal of intentionally lowering fertility among the genetically "disadvantaged." Here were some insights she managed to pass on before her death in the 1960s:
"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." Margaret Sanger (editor). The Woman Rebel, Volume I, Number 1. Reprinted in Woman and the New Race. New York: Brentanos Publishers, 1922.
"Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race." Margaret Sanger. Woman, Morality, and Birth Control. New York: New York Publishing Company, 1922. Page 12.
"[Our objective is] unlimited sexual gratification without the burden of unwanted children..." Margaret Sanger (editor). The Woman Rebel, Volume I, Number 1. Reprinted in Woman and the New Race. New York: Brentanos Publishers, 1922.
With that last quote, Sanger crystallized the difference between pro-lifers and many people on the left. One crowd sees such children are burdens - the other sees them as blessings.
Kirsten Powers wrote a column appearing in today's New York Post entitled "How Obama Blew It." The article succinctly outlines what I predicted as soon as the wave of attacks against Palin started - that the rumors and false claims would come back to hurt the Obama campaign deeply, and sooner rather than later.
I recommend reading her entire piece, but here's an excerpt:
Obama's toughest challenge has always been to connect with working-class swing voters. So attacking the poster child for small-town values, Sarah Palin, was a bad strategy.
No, Obama didn't engage in the mass sneering at Palin - but he didsitting governor. fall into the trap of disrespecting her. When McCain chose her, the Obama campaign's first response was to ridicule the size of her town.
When she retaliated (justifiably) by mocking his stint as a organizer, the Obama camp was clearly rattled. Obama himself actually began arguing about the importance of community organizing. His supporters amplified this cry - claiming Palin's attack was a racist slur and passing around e-mails titled "Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor."
Meanwhile, the rest of the country was probably wondering what being a community organizer has to do with being president.
Instead of turning McCain's pick into a checkmate for the Democrats, Barack has found himself outmaneuverd, having fallen into a perfectly laid trap. If you are of the opinion that the Messiah may have "blown it," you're not alone.
Barry came out against McCain with both guns blazing (well, flailing frantically) yesterday. Obama offered up some fresh George Bush comparisons, in addition to accusations that both John McCain and that mom lady who's been showing up with him recently lied about their records.
He noted that Palin had originally supported an infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" project in Alaska, and had hired a Washington lobbyist to secure millions of dollars in federal funding for the small town of which she was mayor.
"Politicians lying about their records? You don't call that maverick -- you call it more of the same," the announcer said, breaching one of the last taboos of US politics by accusing the Republicans of outright dishonesty.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said: "Despite being discredited over and over again by numerous news organizations, the McCain campaign continues to repeat the lie that Sarah Palin stopped the Bridge to Nowhere.
This is the only example Obama uses to back up any of his attacks, and I really hope he keeps using it, because he seems to be forgetting that both he and Joe Biden voted for the Bridge to Nowhere. Sarah Palin was originally in favor of the bridge, she eventually killed the project and spent the money on other infrastructure improvements. McCain has always opposed it, and wasteful spending in general.
But after Barack and Biden initially voted for the bridge, Senator Tom Coburn proposed to shift earmark funds to help victims of hurricane Katrina, which had just happened two months before. Yet again, these two representatives of the party-of-change opted to spend the money on the bridge.
With any luck, you're witnessing the last desperate act of the Obama campaign to circumvent policy discussions in lieu of charges of dishonesty and a malicious intent to mislead.
Since Sarahcuda was announced as John McCain's vice presidential pick, liberal blogs (and CNN talking heads) have been unleashing a steady stream of what Obama would refer to as "smears." Virtually every rumor has been proven to be either false, exaggerated, or utterly asinine.
In fact, Newsweek (hardly a conservative publication) has just published an expose of the worst of the bunch, citing heavily a report on the Palin rumors originally appearing at FactCheck.org, a reputable and nonpartisan political accuracy website.
Among the findings:
Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. [I pointed this out last Friday.]
She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a "What if?" question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin's first term.
She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.
Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a "courtesy" when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.
Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum."
Oh, and if you're an Obama voter, you'll be pleased to know that FactCheck also published an identical report about rumors and false claims regarding the Messiah.
There's no proof that McCain's people knew this was going on, but reports are surfacing that Republican convention attendees with signage relating to a particularly touchy issue for McCain were told to leave their cardboard and sharpies at home. If there's an issue where John McCain most disappoints me, it is the issue of illegal immigration - something he's been suspiciously quiet about since assuming the nomination, and an issue which seemed all but forgotten during the convention. Watch.
McCain has yet to tell the American people where he stands now on this critical issue, even after having been the poster-child of amnesty in an attempt to shove a massively unpopular piece of legislation down the throats of the taxpayers (with a little help from Ted Kennedy). And now, motivated voters at the Republican convention with signs reading "Build The Fence" were told to pack them up and keep them out of sight.
And Sarah Palin? I challenge anyone reading to find me anything tangible regarding her views on illegal immigration - I'm willing to bet you'll find yourself empty-handed. And if no one knows where she stands, what are the odds she's as much of a pushover for amnesty as John McCain has shown himself to be? Does John McCain think he can send another equally horrendous bill through congress if it's presented by Ronald Reagan in stilettos?
But of course, the American political equivalent of two-card-monte forces us to choose from two wholly imperfect candidates. If McCain is elected, proponents of border enforcement will really only have to fight his administration. If Obama is president, they'll have to fight an entire party.
I have no confidence in McCain on this issue. None. If you're a conservative who cares about border security, be prepared to be sold down the Rio Grande if the "maverick" is elected.
In the clip below, you'll see CNN's Soledad O'Brien try to pin down former White House Communications Director (and "McCain spokesperson") Nicole Wallace, asking how Sarah Palin can be an advocate for special needs children when she cut Alaska's special needs budget by "62 percent." Nicole seemed surprised by the accusation, probably because in addition to not being true, it so far has only appeared on DailyKos and a handful of other liberal blogs.
Hey CNN, here's a hint: DailyKos is not a reputable news site. Watch.
Naturally her Down syndrome baby was mentioned. What wasn't mentioned is that the December 2006 budget document cited would have been prepared by the outgoing governor, the incumbent Republican thrown out by Sarah. According to the publication Education Week, her legislation not only allows more money to flow to "rural and remote" schools, it actually raises special needs funding by over $45,000 per student.
Gov. Sarah Palin and state lawmakers have gone ahead with an overhaul of Alaska’s school funding system that supporters predict will provide much-needed financial help to rural schools and those serving students with disabilities. The plan, enacted in the recently concluded session of the legislature, is based on recommendations issued by a legislative task force last year. It will phase in a greater flow of money to districts outside of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, over the next five years.
A second part of the measure raises spending for students with special needs to $73,840 in fiscal 2011, from the current $26,900 per student in fiscal 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
So a national news network claims that Palin slashed funding for special needs children by 62% by tying her to the budget proposed by her opponent. In reality, she actually increased special needs funding by 175%. So if you want to go on believing that America's mainstream news media doesn't have a liberal bias, be my guest, but it's no surprise over half of all Americans think the media is trying to hurt her.
Oh, and according to the same poll, 39% believe Sarah has better experience to be president than Barack Obama. Ouch.
The following are excerpts from a campaign email sent to Barack Obama supporters after Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican convention last night. Considering how well she managed to paint him as a textbook liberal and a dyed-in-the-wool Leftist apparatchik. It was, to use the vernacular of President Bush, an "awesome speech."
"I wasn’t planning on sending you something tonight. But if you saw what I saw from the Republican convention, you know that it demands a response."
It demands a response because she totally wiped the floor with your candidate, which was fortunate because Rudy Giuliani only managed to spray your candidate with water, wipe him down with a filthy rag, and demand money. It seems like the Democrats just can't wait to have the person at the top of their ticket get into a scuffle with the person on the bottom of the Republican ticket.
"I saw John McCain’s attack squad of negative, cynical politicians. They lied about Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and they attacked you for being a part of this campaign."
They lied? Can you name one lie? Can you refute one factual statement? Or does it just feel better to say "they lied?" And speaking of cynicism, why don't you ask your golden boy Barack why it's appropriate to continually refer to the governor of Alaska as "the mayor of Wasilly."
"Both Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin specifically mocked Barack’s experience as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago more than two decades ago, where he worked with people who had lost jobs and been left behind when the local steel plants closed."
No one mocked the work of community organizers. They mocked the idea that the experience acquired from such a job is more relevant than being the mayor of a town and the governor of a state. Let's not forget that the "community organizer" in question is running for president. America doesn't need someone to staple flyers to telephone poles, or stand up to the powerful "bake sale" lobby. The next quote is my favorite:
"Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies."
South Side of Chicago, eh? Tell me something, which party has held onto the mayor's office of Chicago for the last 75 years? Oh that's right...the Democrat party. But even liberal mayors are still in an executive position and as such are held accountable for staying "in touch" and carrying out policies, whether they succeed or fail.
Palin was able to do this well enough to get re-elected mayor, and then re-elected again as governor, where she actually risked her career for the sake of reform by going up against her own party. You know, to get those "out-of-touch" politicians out of the system? While Obama played by the rules in Chicago and incubated his ambition to leapfrog onto a national ticket, Palin fought to end Republican corruption and won an election.
In the following video are the voices of Mike Murphy, a former McCain adviser, and Peggy Noonan, conservative columnist for the Wall Street Journal. You'll hear their real feelings about Sarah Palin - that she's "not going to work" and that "it's [the race] over."
Noonan: (After Murphy says Palin isn't the most qualified woman) "The most qualified? No...I think they went for this — excuse me — political bullshit about narratives...every time Republicans do that — because that's not where they live, and it's not what they're good at — they blow it."
Murphy:"You know what' really the worst part about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism," Murphy said. "And this is cynical."
Could this be a clue that perhaps Sarahcuda doesn't have the entire conservative base energized, and will instead split the ticket, cost McCain the election, and go down as one of the biggest campaign blunders in history?
If so, thank your lucky stars we at least have someone hot to watch him go down in flames with. Don't get me wrong, Lieberman seems like a nice guy, but this is a presidential election, not Grumpy Old Men 3.
Well, I guess the nation has been waiting for this. Many thanks to Diddy for his always insightful political commentary.
Best quotes:
"Alaska? Alaska? Alaska? Alask-come on man. I don't even know if there's any black people in Alaska."
"You my man, God bless you, you're a great war hero, but you are bugging the fuck out."
"Alaska motherfucker? What is the reality in Alaska - there's not even no crackheads in Alaska...no black people...there's not even no like...crime, or like foreign policies...ya'll need to get versed on black policies."
Thank you Sean/Puffy/Diddy/Combs, I haven't laughed this hard in a while.
Last night, Barack Obama was challenged by Anderson Cooper to respond to the claim that Sarah Palin has more executive and otherwise applicable experience than he does. After completely leaving out her current status as a state governor, he then attests that campaigning counts as executive experience. If this is the best argument Obama has, then attacks on Palin's inexperience might not be such a good idea, unless the Obama campaign enjoys seeing their golden boy embarrass himself.
Cooper: "Some Republican critics say, you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this [Hurricane Gustav]. They’ve in fact said that Governor Palin has more executive experience as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state like Alaska. What’s your response?"
Obama: "Well, you know, my understanding is that, uh, Governor Palin’s town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, we’ve got 2500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that I’ve passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect."
Let me introduce you to something I'll refer to as "the Obama Ratio." If Barack is speaking without a teleprompter or a prepared speech, this is the number of times he says "uh..." to the number of actual sentences he completes. In this answer, it's 8:3. It's a wonder he couldn't really answer the question.
Notice how he slyly referred to Palin using her former role as mayor of Wasilla (er, "Wasilly"). As governor of Alaska, she runs a government employing 25,000 people. As for the post-Katrina bit, even if Obama introduced a bill that ended up passing, it still would give him no experience managing disasters. Legislators don't have to do this; they don't have to make decisions that will cost or save lives during a disaster. Mayors, governors, and local emergency services do.
His examples are completely unfounded, and the premise of his argument just doesn't hold up. Running for office isn't executive experience, because Obama isn't his own campaign manager. You think the messiah himself sits and makes phone calls, handles the budget, coordinates the attack ads, and manages schedules? He's got a CEO to do that for him.
So, it's Sarah Palin. I like her, and I don't say that about many politicians. Granted, I've only known her for a few months now, but I still know more about her than I do about Barack Obama - and he's running for president.
Above: Governor Sarah Palin, potential VPILF?
My question: Why is everyone surprised by this pick? She's really the only person that gives him what he needs, and while she's a calculated risk, she does a lot. McCain has always championed himself on taking on his own party (many times to the dismay of his base), and he needs to prove to swing voters that he'll continue to do just that. This is getting lost in the tempest of "4 more years of Bush" that came swirling up from Invesco field last week.
Meanwhile, he'll probably need to convince social conservatives he isn't soft on issues like abortion and redefining marriage, and anything he can do to coax Hillary's heart-broken to his side can't hurt. Palin does all of this. In fact, the evangelical crowd is energized more than it has been the entire election, and there's no bigger nightmare for Democrats than energized religious voters.
Oh, and note to Michael Moore: Yes, she's got a son in the military, and he's deploying to Iraq in the fall.
The most entertaining part of this pick is that given her 8 or so years of political experience (compared to Barack's 11), the Obama team is undoubtedly going to start blasting Palin for her "inexperience." This is a trap, and if it succeeds, it will cause Obama more headaches than Jeremiah, Ayers, and the rest of the America-haters combined.
Not only is Palin's experience comparable to that of Obama's, and includes more actual achievements, but Obama was the candidate who's message stressed the importance of judgment over experience in the first place. He was forced to maneuver in such a way because, as little as you may know about Sarah Palin, you knew absolutely nothing about Barack Obama before his run for the presidency. I don't know how long you've been strolling through the carnival midway that is American politics, but when electing a president, this is hardly the norm.
By the way, if you take away anything from me today, let it be this: Experience matters, but accomplishment matters more. Let's compare Sarah with Captain Change:
Instead of working her way up and aligning her positions with powerful interests pervading Chicago's infamous political machine, she ran on a platform of challenging incumbent Republicans and, despite opposition from her own party, won the election and as Governor enjoyed consistent approval ratings in the 80s and 90s. Which one sounds like "change" to you?
Obama opted to take the standard route to the top for his party, and through his talents and ability to "inspire," was able to land himself on a national ticket after being a "community organizer," law professor, and state senator. He has spent most of his time as a U.S. senator running for president. Palin has spent most of that time running a state.
Meanwhile, Palin has a wide range of interests and has a well-varied and achievment-steeped resume. She was a journalist, a commercial fisherwoman, and Alaska's oil and gas commissioner - all before entering politics. Her resume alone shows something other than burning political ambition and a lust for power.
We'll continue to hear more and more about her as the weeks roll on. But Joe Biden, if you're listening:
If the real thing don't do the trick You better make up something quick You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick Ooooooh... Sarah'cuda?
