I got an idea for a commercial.

Start with a CEO walking out of a large bank/investment firm in NY, he crosses the street to a homeless man and asks him, "What do you know about my bank?"
The homeless guy says, "I can see it from my box."
The CEO, "Will you be my CFO?"

Flash forward to a Sheriff walking up to a criminal in a cell, "What do you know about the law?"
The Criminal, "I've been looking at the inside of this cell."
Sheriff, "Would you be my deputy?"

A Principal walks across the street to a weird looking guy watching the school, "What do you know about schools?"

Voice over, "Some people sure have interesting ways of picking their partners....."

Show the clip of Gibson asking Palin what she knows about Russia and her answer of being able to see it.

What do you think?

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Palin likes to claim that as governor, she ran such a large surplus that she sent $1200 back to every Alaskan. That has bothered me.

You see, I believe that Alaska gets more federal money per citizen (about $3000?) than any other state. Those monies are a large part and/or reason for the surplus. So my question is:

WHY DIDN'T SHE RETURN THAT MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EASE OUR TAX BURDENS?

Or the feds could buy more bullets, which they are gonna need with those two in charge. But if you are truly against wasteful fed spending, why wouldn't you send it back? Especially since you usually say, "Thanks, but no thanks?"

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[Cross-posted at Why We Need Obama]

I am starting to fear that the voting public (and the media) may not fully appreciate the most damning aspect of the Sarah Palin pick as John McCain's running mate: the fact that he didn't vet her in the slightest and the resulting indictment of McCain's "shoot-from-the-hip" impulsiveness and lack of judgment.

Assuming this comes to pass, I wonder if McCain's pick of Palin was a shrewd "cover your ass" move, designed to shield himself from the full brunt of his party's anger if he loses the election.

This is my thinking: After Mondale picked Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and lost the election, a large amount of the scorn levied against the ticket, rightly or wrongly, was that Ferraro and her unearthed scandals and lack of qualifications sank whatever chance he had of winning.  Consider the following conventional wisdom that emerged after the dust settled on the 1984 campaign -- the parallels to the McCain/Palin ticket are uncanny:

"At the outset the "Ferraro factor" brought glamour and energy to Mondale's rather staged, lacklustre image and plodding campaign. Shortly after the convention, however, controversy erupted about her personal finances. Her reputation was damaged by revelations of tax avoidance, shady business dealings, and possible Mafia connections of her husband, John Zaccaro. There were also allegations that Ferraro herself had been involved in financial impropriety in respect of her 1978 campaign funds. The ensuing scandal doomed the Mondale -- Ferraro ticket." (emphasis mine)

If McCain ends up losing and people don't register the fact that the full blame lies on McCain for thrusting such an unknown and unqualified running mate onto the ticket, I wonder if much of the blame will come to rest on Sarah Palin and all of the various reasons that make her phenomenally unqualified for the job.

Is this a move that McCain caculated to save some of his reputation after the election?

I wonder...

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As the furor over all of the new revelations about how little Sarah Palin was vetted by the McCain campaign builds, I just heard Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford on MSNBC offer the latest potential lame excuse for why McCain didn't vet her properly:

Any of us as public figures have a public record and a public life.  So, the fact is, she's been vetted by the people of Alaska and is walking around with 80% approval ratings...  So there's been a lot of vetting going on but maybe not in the sense you're talking about.

You've got to be kidding me, right?  What he's basically saying is that McCain doesn't have to vet Sarah Palin thoroughly because she has high approval ratings?  Really?

[Cross-Posted at Why We Need Obama]

Earlier: Why Not Vetting Sarah Palin Matters; McCain Didn't Vet VP Sarah Palin.  Period.

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I vetted thee to the depth and breadth and height
My staff researchers can in investigate, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I vetted thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I vetted thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I vetted thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I vetted thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I vetted thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I vetted thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but vetted thee better after  . .. I had to boot you off the ticket and admit I made the biggest colossal f---up in electoral historty!

G@$%^&* F$#%^@#!!! Dammit!!!!

yours in verse,

J McCain

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