I didn't watch much of Sarah Palin's Republican Convention speech from last night. I don't need to sit there at home and listen to a bunch of right-wing malarkey spewing from a vapid airhead. I can get the same crap listening to Sean Hannity or walking into any local tavern and sitting down with the first group of guys in camouflage vests. The only thing Sarah Palin has going for her is her hair-stylist. The Fox News/Bill Kristol/Ann Coulter crowd is of course gushing about this woman anyway - they think they've found their young, dynamic, inspiring answer to Barack Obama. I'm no Obama Kool Aid drinker but comparing this empty hair-do to him is an insult. As far as I'm concerned, Sarah Palin is George W. Bush with tits. A vaguely charming person with nothing in her brain, who's ripe to be molded and shaped by whatever wing of the Republican party holds power. The game plan is obvious: Get McCain and her into office, let McCain have his four years so he can shuffle off to the nursing home, then find some grizzled old Dick Cheney-type to latch onto Sarah and let him coattail her into a VP spot from which he can pull the world's strings. Hell, Cheney himself isn't even 70 yet - let him take four years off to recharge his batteries then give him another eight. Meanwhile, Sarah can distract everyone with her adorable tales of family life at the White House. It'll be so great - unless you're an Iranian.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
But Can She Spell Potato?
I didn't watch much of Sarah Palin's Republican Convention speech from last night. I don't need to sit there at home and listen to a bunch of right-wing malarkey spewing from a vapid airhead. I can get the same crap listening to Sean Hannity or walking into any local tavern and sitting down with the first group of guys in camouflage vests. The only thing Sarah Palin has going for her is her hair-stylist. The Fox News/Bill Kristol/Ann Coulter crowd is of course gushing about this woman anyway - they think they've found their young, dynamic, inspiring answer to Barack Obama. I'm no Obama Kool Aid drinker but comparing this empty hair-do to him is an insult. As far as I'm concerned, Sarah Palin is George W. Bush with tits. A vaguely charming person with nothing in her brain, who's ripe to be molded and shaped by whatever wing of the Republican party holds power. The game plan is obvious: Get McCain and her into office, let McCain have his four years so he can shuffle off to the nursing home, then find some grizzled old Dick Cheney-type to latch onto Sarah and let him coattail her into a VP spot from which he can pull the world's strings. Hell, Cheney himself isn't even 70 yet - let him take four years off to recharge his batteries then give him another eight. Meanwhile, Sarah can distract everyone with her adorable tales of family life at the White House. It'll be so great - unless you're an Iranian.
