A reader identified as Kartographer attempts, in the comments section, to hold Sarah Palin’s resume as an example of the kind of smart leadership we need in Washington — while at the same time denigrating Obama’s experience. You can read his post and my response in “comments,” but I’d just like to repeat that watching GOP pundits fall all over themselves to declare Sarah Palin a solid, experienced, rational choice for VP, while at the same time declaring Obama and Biden to be “not as experienced” as she, is getting funnier all the time. In a poignant way, though — not unlike listening to my inebriated uncle, now deceased, dig himself deeper and deeper into an argument that started with little merit and ended up confirming not only the absurdity of his initial position, but his tenuous grasp of logic, reason, and common sense as well. Kudos to the GOP pundit and McCain supporter — I don’t remember his name — who said on MSNBC that the Palin choice was “an unbelievable disaster.” He won’t go far, of course, but it was refreshing to hear someone not laboring to sound as though, really, for sure, they TOTALLY mean what they were saying, absolutely, no matter what . . .
September 8, 2008
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Holy guacamole ‘Barryman’ its Sarah Palin!
Quick ‘Bobbin’ back to the belfry for more lipstick!
Comment by kartographer — September 10, 2008 @ 4:36 am
I promise this will be my last comment on this subject, especially seeing how you have been a gracious host and have not turned to vial language and threats in your retorts.
“We’ve had an awful lot of small-town mayors at the Democratic Convention, I assure you,” Obama said. “I meet them all the time. The mayors have some of the toughest jobs in the country because that’s where the rubber hits the road. You know, we yak in the Senate. They actually have to fill potholes and trim trees and make sure the garbage is taken away.”
Comment by kartographer — September 12, 2008 @ 8:12 pm