President Palin?

Chris Bowers thinks so:

A continually weak economy--which is very possible--could actually make her
President less than three years from now.

I think his reasoning for her getting the GOP nomination is sound. But I don't think the economy will make her president. But a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 could.

Tortured Quote for the Day

Sarah Palin:

"I’ve never thought I needed a title before one’s name to forge progress in America."

She gets lost in one sentence. It starts out about her and ends up about everyone. She should have more properly said, "I never thought I needed a title before my name to forge progress in America." Or, more modestly, "I never thought a title was required to forge progress in America." And the "forge progress" part is clunky -- "forge" makes me think of a blacksmith or something large and bulky from a time when trains belched steam. I don't sense "progress" in the forging. "Spark, spur," or even a simple "create" would have sufficed.

But perhaps I expect too much from someone the Republican Party said was qualified to be leader of the free world.

I doubt there is a scandal coming. This smells like a temper-tantrum.

I don't think she needed a scandal to force one's resignation.

See, she's got me doing it.

Palin/Plumber Ticket in 2012?

Why not...the GOP says Palin is who they most want to be like and they're listening to Joe today to get his advice on the Stimulus package.

Sarah Palin & Joe the Plumber...Palin/Plumber 2012. You heard it here first.

Sarah Palin Reads Everything!

Maybe she even reads this blog! Hi Sarah!

Gay Patriot Loves Sarah Palin

GayPatriot thinks McCain hit a home run. I think he dropped the ball. But if you read the comments to his post, you get a sense at how shrill and empty the right has become. Some points in response to what I read there, before taking a shower:

Many comments about how Palin has "executive experience" and therefore has more experience than Obama, making her selection one based on the merits and not on gender. Okay, but does she have more experience than Mitt Romney?

The right continues to underestimate Obama. Look guys, he did something "experienced" men like George H.W. Bush, Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole, could not. He beat the Clintons.

Someone answered my question, "would Palin have been selected if she were a man" by saying "would Obama have been chosen by the Democrats if he were white?" Please. See point above.

Finally, the first commenter said the crowd at Palin's speech chanted "USA" while the (by implication unpatriotic) crowd at Invesco field chanted "Obama."

Sorry, Charlie, got your facts wrong. We chanted "USA" too. I was there.

Quotes of the Day on Sarah Palin

They love Sarah Palin:

“She’s really a perfect selection,” said Darla St. Martin, the Co-Director of the National Right to Life Committee.

Politico has a must read about the six things this selection tells us about John McCain. Another quote for the day:

Most people know the staff at the local Starbucks better than McCain knows Palin.

Sarah Palin

The key question: If she were a man, would you think she is qualified to be president?