Anytime now, Gov Palin will say "Zap! Gotcha there!"

I know many of you are lamenting Sarah's Palin resignation as Alaska's governor for the past 942-ish days (she spent a few months maverickin' and barracudin' on the campaign trail).

But if you're like me, I'm stunned she decided to step down. She has but a year or so until the end of her first term. But noooo, she doesn't want to put Alaska or herself with having "lame duck status." No, she says, that would be inefficient. She promised efficiency to her constituents, so she's cutting her her term short so she could stay true to her word. Huhhhh?

Is she joshing?

Read the full text of Sarah Palin's (confusing/rambling/maverickilicious) resignation speech here.

Let us hope she fades into obscurity along the likes of Monica Lewinsky or the Backstreet Boys.

(Only because I want to be able to listen to Hall and Oates again!)

Tonight: Michelle Obama on Jay Leno

Don't forget to watch Michelle Obama on Jay Leno tonight. 

She'll reveal that she bought her ensemble at J. Crew. 

Yikes...she's an elitist because she doesn't buy her clothes at a consignment store. Coincidentally, Sarah Palin hasn't stopped by her "favorite consignment store" since she began running for governor in her state.  According to the consignment shop owner, Ellen Arvold, it has been about 3 years since she's bought something there. 

Sarah Palin BEFORE her RNC Extreme Makeover: 

Sarah Palin at the Mat-Su's Gov's Annual Picnic.  

Please shut up and sit down, Elizabeth Hasselbeck

Elizabeth Hasselbeck is annoying me. 

Hasselbeck appeared at a recent Sarah Palin rally.  She drew light to media's squabbling over Sarah Palin's clothing controversy: 

Now why is this annoying?

First, if you think it's stupid to talk about her garb just days before the election, THEN DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.  

You were at a rally, not The View.  

You just can't needlessly banter to fill time until the cast of High School Musical 3 comes out for their interview.

Second, the "fixation on her wardrobe" isn't sexism.  

It's because they used $150,000 of public financing to give her an extreme makeover.

Third, who are you? 

Okay, you're a co-host on The View, where you sometimes share the stage with Barbara Walters.

But, let's review your resume, shall we?

-Graduated with a Fine Arts degree from Boston College. Softball captain for two years.

-Member of PUMA's design team after graduation.

-Finished 4th place on Survivor: The Australian Outback.

-Judged 2001 Miss Teen USA Pageant.

-Host of Style's Look for Less from 2002 to 2003.

-Since 2003, a co-host on The View.

Like Sarah Palin, you mistakenly believe you have demonstrated political acumen.

8 more days!!!

No comment necessary

The Crazy Palin/McCain rally lady visits Weekend Update. Click here for my original post on this.

Well this is a doosie

Sarah Palin needs to check-in with reality! 

A bi-partisan Legislative Council authorized the investigation of Sarah Palin's supposed wrongdoings in the state trooper scandal. (If you didn't hear, Gov. Palin tried to fire her sister's ex-husband, a state-trooper...she tried to get the Public Safety Commissioner to fire her ex-brother-in-law, and when he refused, she canned him.) 

Earlier this week, the findings of the investigation were released. 

The first finding says that Sarah Palin acted unethically: 

The first concludes that Palin violated the state's executive branch ethics act, which says that "each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust."  

But, her response when asked about the investigation's findings don't seem to match with

 reality: 

“I’m thankful that the report has shown that there was no illegal or unethical activity there in my choice to replace our commissioner,” she said. “A partisan kind of process that had been undertaken by some of the legislators who haven’t been real happy with anything that I’ve done along the way as governor, that process is now over, with that finding that I haven’t done anything unlawful in replacing the commissioner.” 

Uhhhhhhh....but..you were found to have acted unethically? Well, let's give her a break.  She is

 probably all busy and whatnot from galvanizing crowds to hate Obama, joking about how old Biden is, going to hockey games in order to get booed at, mistaking her supporters for protestors, yenno, stuff that vice presidential candidates do.  Or maybe she's overwhelmed by the "vast variety" of newspapers that are put in front of her, that she failed to read the Anchorage Daily News which first reported the findings of the investigation.  Or maybe, the newspapers she did read out of the "vast variety," just so happened to not have any stories related to the Troopergate case.  Or maybe she doesn't actually read the newspaper. I don't know what's worst, a politican who doesn't like to keep up with politics in the newspaper, or a politician who

 lies hoping people don't notice. 

Well guess what Sarah Palin, PEOPLE NOTICE! 

Will she try to pull another fast one on us? Will she blame the unfavorable portrayal of herself on the gawd-awful mainstream media/liberal elite? Does she think that her own version of the investigation is the truth because it has been filtered by the media? Does she think her supporters are just TOO dumb, too dim-witted, illiterate, and blindly-faithful to her, that they

 won't believe the investigation's findings?  

C'mon Republicans! You're supposed to represent the party of Lincoln! You're smearing his name everytime you invoke the words "we're the party of Lincoln..blah blah blah".  Lincoln is known as one of the most astute politicians of his time. He was a real intellectual--he was self-educated, he read the Bible though never joined the church and he read Shakespeare, he had only months of formal education yet became a lawyer.  This makes me wonder, what would Lincoln think about Sarah Palin? 

This entry has me to conclude two things about this issue. One or both may be right: 

1) Sarah Palin is an airhead, which is why she insists to deny that she behaved unethically even though a bi-partisan investigation says she did. 

2) Sarah Palin thinks WE'RE airheads and that we won't notice when she lies.  

I'm sure the Animal Rights Activists (especially the ones that target UCLA Researches) will have a fit over this one. 

"Say, Lou, didya hear the one about the guy who couldn't afford personalized plates, so he went and changed his name to J3L2404?"

From the comments section of the live blog on the VP debate on The Guardian, one of the commentators offered some hard-hitting insight and reference to classic America cinema. 

Saurs

Oct 03 08, 3:18am (about 3 hours ago)

I can't believe all the commenters here who want to nail Margie from Fargo. 

Palin's Crash Course in International Affairs

Sarah Palin is one lucky girl.  This week, the UN General Assembly is having a meeting which allowed the VP pick to do a little brownnosing and take Myspace pictures with some international hotshots. 

Here is how part of her meeting with the Asif Ali Zardari, the president of Pakistan, played out: 

At that point, Zardari entered and the conversation turned decidedly flirtatious. He told her she was "even more gorgeous" than he thought.

"You are so nice," Palin said. "Thank you."

Zardari pressed on: "Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you."

At that point a Zardari handler asked them to shake hands again for the cameras.

"I'm supposed to pose again," Palin said.

"If he's insisting," Zardari said, "I might hug."

Eventually, real business got underway.

Palin, who has yet to hold a news conference since McCain plucked her from relative obscurity on Aug. 29, even answered a reporter's question as to how she enjoyed her meetings.

"It's going great," she said. "The meetings are very informative and helpful. A lot of good people share an appreciation for America." 

At least she's getting hands-on international relations experience, yannowhatimean. 

Choosing Sarah Palin as a VP running mate is like a pro-baseball club choosing a third base coach who has experience coaching tee ball AND little league baseball. 

Cover Boys and Girls

"He's the biggest celebrity in the world." - Opening line to McCain ad, "Celeb." 

Check out Barack Obama's latest magazine cover.  (Compliments to Obama Magazine.)

I wonder how he feels about "Sex Pistol: The Woman Who Whipped 007" near his face. 

Yeah sure, Obama has celeb status. He recently held a fundraiser in B-Hills with a ton of Hollywood folks.  A-list celebs have been unabashedly supportive of Obama: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johannson, George Clooney, and G-O-D herself--Oprah. 

He makes for a good celebrity because he's a photogenic guy. The McCain camp keeps mocking his celeb status but he can't help other people from being attracted to him. The McCain campaign had zero celeb status until they decided to bring on Sarah Palin 

Palin has a sketchy record (Troopergate, the Bridge to Nowhere money, her fundamentalist cred, etc.) but the media, the public that loves her, and even the people who hate her still can't get enough of her. And she's featured on the cover of US Weekely, featured on Vogue, mocked on SNL (touching on her lack of VP qualities and her milfness), the endless blog entries, and inane "news" stories, etc. If that isn't celeb status, then what is?  

And isn't Palin is the biggest celeb-reality star of all the candidates involved.  She's a small-town girl, she has interesting "quirks" (moose-whackin', fundamentalist, secessionist ties, her Tina Fey glasses, etc.), and she's gone from zero to "Hero" overnight. Doesn't that sound like the background of a typical Survivor contestant? 

By the way, didn't McCain appear SNL? Isn't SNL a stop for politicians, in order to yenno, like get regular ol'folk like them, to promote themselves, to look funny and approachable? Kinda like a celebrity? 

Watch John McCain sing Barbara Streisand: 

So why does John McCain choose to attack Obama for his celeb status? Why does being a celebrity have to be a bad thing? Doesn't everyone secretly yearn to become super famous? Is John McCain jealous that Obama is probably higher on the list in terms of celeb status?  

Save the Date(s)!

• September 26: Presidential debate in Oxford, Miss. 
• October 2: Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis, Mo. 
• October 7: Presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn. 
• October 15: Presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y. 
• November 4: Election Day 
• January 20: Inaugaration Day  

From the preacher to my choir. 

Obama's moolah

One of the bastions of the Liberal Media Elite (TM)--the New York Times--is reporting that the Obama camp raised $66 million dollars in the month of August: 

But almost more important than Mr. Obama’s August total may be the fact that it came partly from a half-million first-time donors, most of them far from having contributed the full $2,300 per person allowed in any general election. 

I think there are two reasons this happened. 

1) Obama gave a hell of a speech at the Democratic National Convention. (And points to Sasha and Malia just for being cute after Michelle Obama's speech--yeah, you know that part won you over too.) 

2) John McCain, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Joe Lieberman, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and the rest of the 'Country First' brigade pissed off hella people.  

Okay, they're my reasons. 

Yeah, I'm still on a college budget. 

Palin: A Real Amerrrri-Can Conservative

Sarah Palin is an interesting sort.  We all know the drill. She's a gun-totin', foxy, hockey mom, PTA mom, mayor, governor, vindictive bitch, pro-life, moose-huntin', caribou-eating parents, and God-fearing milf. 

Part of her appeal is that she represents the image of the American pioneer who can hunt, kill, and cook wild animals (like on Oregon Trail!).  From that image, you can extract all the other familar fluff: small-town values, traditional Amerrri-Can values, and a fierce Trust in God.  And you can keep going from there: "A government that doesn't stand in your way, but by your side.", Pro-Life, creationism, the Second Amendment, etc. 

If this campaign season were a movie, The McCain campaign would hands-down,  be given an Oscar for 'Best Picture.' The casting director picked the perfect person to embody the tenets of modern American conservatism.  And not only did she outshine her co-star, but she also minimized the roles of her castmates and even turned them into sexist, anti-feminist, and arrogant elites with every move they make with respect to her. 

Ultimately, I think she'll be a one-hit wonder. Kind of like Natalie Imbruglia.  She'll barely make the history books. In fact, she'll be a box in a history book--a sidenote about a millisecond of a period of time in America.  She's kind of important--she's the 2nd female Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party.  Second the best, right? (Or is it "Sloppy seconds?") 

With that, I'd like to leave you with a short video from Telegraph TV about what some regular British citizens think about Palin: 

They sound soooo much smarter than the average American person you can stop on the street. 

Who they didn't talk about at the RNC: You

Barack Obama makes a great point in the video I'm posting below. We heard a heck of a lot of trash talk about Barack Obama and his community organizing days but they didn't talk about US--US as in the people who are are taking the heat from the sub-prime mortage crisis, people who don't have health insurance, people who are paying hire gas prices, etc.

The speakers at the RNC merely reiterated the modern Republican platform, (which you can easily Wiki at your own leisure,) jeered at Obama's poor resume because apparently all since graduating from college was community organizing, strategically avoided talking about Bush Jr., praised Reagan and all he's done, and chanted "U-S-A" at every chance they could like they were watching Michael Phelps swim for gold.

Everyone is saying it and I'm going to echo it right here: John McCain and company aren't talking about the issues. They're trying to appeal to the person who doesn't really pay attention to politics and pays more attention to ads than anything else for their political information by playing on cultural clues and identities. How many times in the past week and half have we heard "hockey mom," "PTA mom," or "moose hunter"?

Now I'm not trying to poke fun at these kinds of credentials, I mean we all know Theodore Roosevelt was a wild one who enjoyed roughing it out in the wilderness and hunting, and we have him to thank for the Panama Canal.

But seriously, Sarah Palin? She doesn't even have an iota foreign policy experience which her supporters seem to believe. Honestly, her credentials as a hockey mom makes me feel like anyone can be vice president or even the president. Why would we want that? Don't we want someone who understands the common person's problems and aspirations and yet shows exceptional talent for balancing those with problems of the nation as a whole?

Did her time as a governor of Alaska and as a mayor of the town of Wasilla give her the kind of experience that will allow her to make decisions on domestic policy and understand the ramifications they may have on our foreign policy? You can't think about American jobs without thinking about NAFTA or Most Favored Nation Status, AND without thinking about human rights and then the United Nations, and so on and so on and so on.

And given Obama's experience (and Biden's), my confidence will lie with him.

Anyway, here's the video I promised:

The Letter

Behind all the "rhetoric," who is the real Sarah Palin? Just Ask Anne Kilkenny. Supposedly a friend of the family, (and an enemy of Sarah Palin since 1996,) she rips Palin's experience and credentials in one biting letter. 

I'm always skeptical of The Source...but it is still an interesting read--almost movie-like. 

You have to read this.  

Fuming

Sarah Palin, last night at the RNC: 

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities.

Before throwing away any credibility I have by calling her a quack, I would like to recommend some light reading. 

Go to Amazon or your local library and read Lisa McGirr's Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right.  It is about conservative movement in the 1960s started by community organizers or grassroots activists to get people like Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, oh and Ronald Reagan (who has practically become a god to the RNC zealots) elected into office.

Look, community organizing happens become real, common people are pissed off at the government which keeps screwing them over or is not paying real attention to them.  It is about initiating change from the bottom-up, you know, kind of like the community organizers of the Civil Rights Movement. 

But in Sarah Palin's world, she has more experience than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because he didn't have real responsibilities.  He only helped organize the community to get them to stand up to racial discrimination and thereby initiating a strong movement against decades and decades of injustice in America towards African Americans.  

I don't even want to get started on the kinds of responsibilities Governor Palin has which makes her so much more qualified than the other candidates.  

 

"The next Dick Cheney"

Joe Biden sent me an e-mail this morning--Barack and co. always do--informing me about a new behind-the-scenes video on Youtube.

He also encouraged me to donate soon because...

This new phase of the campaign will move quickly. By the time you read this, we may even know who John McCain has chosen to be the next Dick Cheney.

The next Dick Cheney, huh?

Gov. Sarah Palin

Dick Cheney
Let's see. She's a milf, and he's...well, he's still alive and kicking!