Reality on a Stick

I could have written this myself…

(Authored by Bob Herbert of the New York Times)

The problem with Ms. Palin’s candidacy is that John McCain might actually win this election, and then if something terrible happened, the country could be left with little more than an exclamation point as president.

After Ms. Palin had woven one of her particularly impenetrable linguistic webs, Joe Biden turned to the debate’s moderator, Gwen Ifill, and said: “Gwen, I don’t know where to start.”

Of course he didn’t know where to start because Ms. Palin’s words don’t mean anything. She’s all punctuation….

Full article here.

To anyone who thought Sarah Palin held her own in the debates:

Reading (however passionately) a set of cards prepared for you by others is not debating. Palin is being considered for the second highest office in the free world, she should not get away with pretending to understand the complexities of the VP’s job. The moderator’s job was to press the candidates for detailed answers on specific issues. A debate is not a rally. You do not get to just jabber on about whatever your campaign manager jotted down on the cards for you. It’s truly insulting.

The only thing more infuriating than Palin being selected as a viable candidate by the GOP is the fact that she had the audacity to accept. While she is no doubt ignorant on a great many issues, I’d like to hope she is not stupid enough to actually believe she is among the select few who have the intellect required to lead a government of the US’s sophistication.

It was kind of funny to watch for a week or so, but the joke’s over for me now. Please send Palin back to…well, I don’t really care where; just make sure it’s far from the oval office. Seriously, before her incompetence leads to somebody getting hurt.

(via Jeff H’s Facebook feed)