Sarah Palin Wins One Vote

Sarah Palin managed to win over one voter with her VP debate perfomance. Watch in awe:



Palin did well. She managed to not look like an idiot. Fox News made her the winner. Everyone else - including Fox's own viewer poll - gave it to Biden:

CNN: Biden 51 Palin 36
CBS: Biden 46 Palin 21
Fox: Biden 61 Palin 39

Meanwhile, some brave conservatives are braving death threats by speaking out against the anointed one.

Here's Ross Douthat in the Atlantic:

"Palin is holding up a mirror to the rest of the political world, and revealing how the mix of talking points, bluster, obfuscation and BS that nearly all national politicians traffic in as a matter of course sounds when it's filtered through someone who isn't practiced in it, and isn't ready for the spotlight. Her performances reflect badly on her readiness for the vice presidency, no question - but they reflect badly on our whole compromised, spin-happy political class as well."

Conservative-for-Omama Andrew Sullivan is more brutal:

"The problem remains Palin's patent lack of even minimal competence in being governor of Alaska, let alone president of the United States - and McCain's total lack of judgment in selecting her... This is entirely about the abuse of religion as a political tool... Theology - let alone the know-nothing fundamentalist variety - does not make a good training for politics."

However, for some, McCain/Palin is still the less scary option. This from LiberalRapture:

"What we have now in Obama is still a mystery. It is intensely bothersome to me that his most ardent followers don't even know what they have. They don't know him. I'm not sure anyone does. He is a commie, or a corporatist, or a Chicago machine crook, or a Black liberation theologian, or a Great Leader (who has never lead on anything most of us care about), or a Healer (who has ruptured his own Party - 20% is still not on board.). The part of the country that did not partake of the Obama phenomenon early is now being asked to ASSUME he can accomplish a "healing" of the wounds inflicted over a generation - or more.

At least that last message is clear: "Vote for the white guy and the lady who looks like me".

Obama can still lose. McCain/Palin can still win. There's the best part of two months left of campaigning. Settle in for a long autumn...

Bill O'Reilly: Proof God Is An Idiot

Bill O'Reilly cites himself as proof there is a God:

"Next time you meet an atheist, tell him or her that you know a bold, fresh guy, a barbarian who was raised in a working-class home and retains the lessons he learned there.

"Then mention to that atheist that this guy is now watched and listened to, on a daily basis, by millions of people all over the world and, to boot, sells millions of books.

"Then, while the non-believer is digesting all that, ask him or her if they still don't believe there's a God!"

What. An. Idiot.

Free Sarah Palin

Neocon super-pundit Bill Kristol is comically almost always wrong. He did have one bullseye, though, picking out Sarah Palin as a likely McCain running mate way, way back in June.

Now this looks like less than a stellar choice, he's out spinning again. Apparently Palin's problem is not that she's clueless and incoherent: it's that she's been mollycoddled by the Bush-ites running the McCain Campaign. Kristol thinks Palin should have been out on conservative talk radio, talking to bloggers, speaking directly to the base. Here he is on Fox News, crying "Free Sarah Palin!"



The NRO got the same memo:

"...none of that would matter if Palin just couldn't perform, but some fairly well-informed people in this believe that, even given her lack of experience in some national issues, she is still performing far below her abilities in these big network interviews, and they're trying to figure out why that is. So they think a better strategy might have helped. Perhaps. But the McCain team chose the path it chose, and now they have put an enormous amount of pressure on Palin as Thursday's debate approaches."

So there we have it... Palin's terrible interviews (and "disastrous" debate and press-conference dress rehearsals) are down to too much cramming from ivory-tower egg-heads who think a politician should like, know stuff instead of like, just feeling stuff.

I'd believe that more if it weren't for this very odd joint appearance by McCain and Palin on CBS News yesterday. Palin is more assertive and looks more assured; but that only makes McCain more nervous and more defensive:



So why is Palin being unleashed today? Could it be that everyone's expectations of her are are now so low that she couldn't possibly mess up? That's likely the case.

On that note, I don't see why Team McCain aren't clamoring for CBS to release their withheld footage of Palin not being able to name one Supreme Court decision beyond Roe v. Wade... (Hint: Bush v Gore, 2000). Surely it can't be that embarrassing? And surely the "intelligent and educated"'s constant ridiculing of Palin is now her greatest vote-winning strength?

Free Sarah Palin! Let her do her best, and let the elitists do their worst. For once, Bill Kristol might be right after all.

Paranoid Whackjob Of The Day

"I don't believe anything the mass media says and I don't believe O'Reilly either. The only sane voice left is Hannity. I would never vote for Obama on any ticket. He is a monster and a liar. Everytime he opens his mouth he lies again. Gov. Palin has been slimed more than any candidate running for VP, why, because she is a woman. It is despicable the way she has been treated. The trolls are out in full force. I say get your priorities straight, vote American, vote McCain/Palin. Country before party. The democratic party is dead, a stinking corpse."
- JP49, comment at LiberalRapture.com


HT Zionistwatch for the great pic.

Is Sarah Palin Cthulhu in disguise!?

Does anyone really care whether Sarah Palin believes in the rapture?

There are more important questions, surely.

Such as: Is Sarah Palin the great Old One Cthulhu in disguise?

You be the judge:



We have the right to know.

I demand that Sean Hannity asks Governor Palin to answer this vital question in his next interview.

Sarah Palin *is* Rapture Ready

In previous posts, I've opined that Sarah Palin wasn't crazy... That her choice of church and her rapist-friendly stance on abortion were likely just political posturing. Only pathetic low-lifes with boring jobs actually believe in the rapture, I said.

It looks like I was wrong.

Pharyngula has a must-read report on a litany of Alaskan insiders lining up to dish the dirt on God's own VP candidate, including some eye-popping stuff from Salon:

"...Palin [was asked] if she truly believed in the End of Days, the doomsday scenario when the Messiah will return. "She looked in my eyes and said, 'Yes, I think I will see Jesus come back to earth in my lifetime.'"

Jesus frikkin' Christ on a bike.

There's lots more there about Palin pushing creationism, pissing off her constituents, and generally being an asshole. But don't take my word for it. Read it yourself.

Meanwhile, En Tequila point out that the lies pouring from John McCain's campaign team have gotten so blatant that even Fox News are outraged.

Wow. It really must be the End of Days.

Christians watch out! Cthulhu is coming and will eat you. Rexella Van Impe has more...



And finally... I've had quite a few hits from people looking for "what Rexella thinks of Sarah Palin". Well, I've been wondering about that myself... But as Rexella (and Jack's!) ministry is a non-profit religious outfit, and therefore forbidden from discussing politics. If anything changes and Rexella does express an opinion, you can be sure I'll report it here. For now, though, I think we can safely assume that Rexella hearts Sarah Palin.... Just as I heart Rexella :)

Sarah Palin: Right Wing Hypocrisy

Here's some unmissable John Stewart, on the staggering, breathtaking, eye-popping hypocrisy of the right wing over the Sarah Palin story...



Truly, Fox News is Satan's own network.



HT: Christopher Sisk.