Sarah Palin is “not a member of the Washington establishment”, she says. Well, that’s for damn sure. Claiming that some consider that a reason to not accept her, poor little Sarah drew lots of sympathetic jeering. She then proceeded to bait the media, which, as of this week, is apparently the bad guy. Funny, I thought that was Bush.
She went on to say she “has a news flash: she is not looking for press approval”. Here’s a newsflash for you Sarah, you’re full of moose shit. The reason the press is asking questions is because the American public wants to know why the hell McCain picked you. The massive approval of the Republicans shows itself to be only skin deep at best; what else could it be, since they’ve only known you for about five minutes?
You plan to take on the establishment? What, that establishment has no Republican members? Then she got all stern when she started talking about using the power of veto in the public interest. I’m sort of getting the feeling that her idea of “public interest” and mine are two entirely different things.
Russia divides and intimidates our European allies with threats of cutting off energy, she says. She wants to build more nuclear plants, she wants to create more jobs with clean coal, she wants American energy produced by American workers. And how will she afford all that? She didn’t say.
Then it was her turn to attack Obama, but she didn’t come up with anything new. Just the same old tired “pretty speech” crap. We’ve heard it all before, and it’s not sticking. It almost makes me want to see her get into office so she can find out that she, as VP, wouldn’t get anything done. And that comment about the Styrofoam columns was just bitter.
The tax argument was shite. Palin (or whoever it was that wrote the damn speech) knows full well that Obama’s tax plans focus on higher income brackets, not on people struggling to keep their farms. Palin’s speech did not show a “need for change”, a maverick appeal, regardless of how many times you twist your words. No, this was politics as usual: bitter, vitriolic, and condescending. On second thought, she’ll fit in that Washington establishment just fine. If this bitchy schoolmarm ever becomes VP, God help us all.
Just a few years ago, the Republican Party shat all over John McCain; now, he is suddenly the best thing since sliced bread. I’m reminded of that line from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou:
“A lot of people like that re-form. Maybe we should get us some!”
“I’ll re-form you, you soft-headed sumbitch! How we gonna run re-form when we’re the damn incumbent! Is that the best you can come up with? Re-form? Weepin’ jesus on the cross! That’s it! You may as well start drafting my concession speech right now.”
“Okay, Pappy.”
