I have to give credit to John McCain for stealing Obama's thunder. Of course he had the advantage of having the last word, with the Republican convention following the Democratic after an unusually brief interval. But he did play his hand masterfully, albeit in the kind of desperate, Hail-Mary manner that - well, unfortunately for us Democrats - sometimes makes for a game-changer. Am I mixing metaphors?
The fact that he met Palin once says something both about McCain's recklessness and his crazy instincts. Are we headed for another administration that "thinks from the gut"? I'm the kind of person who, like John Stewart, actually liked McCain until it suddenly became possible that he might be president. Sure, I would have preferred him over Bush back in 1999, but hell, I would have preferred ME over Bush. Curse you! - Al Gore - for woodenly affecting the high road.
Back to Palin. She wasn't McCain's first or second choice - unless he is just that much of a crazy genius. I'm sorry, but we do not want her to be that close to the presidency. I think we'll have to give her credit for being a great instinctual politician, however. The Bridge to Nowhere? She was for it before she was against it. "Thanks, but no thanks"? Yes, that was after it had already been pulled, and then she kept the money. She charged the state of Alaska some $17K for working from home. I'm being irresponsible for not providing a lot of links here. But, hey, who's reading anyway? You can just visit the New York Times. I'll just include this one, from the New York Times: Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes. So, she fired everyone who didn't agree with her nutty ultra-right theocratic ideas and hired unqualified pals from high school. All I can say is, "You're doing a helluva job, Brownie."
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