The idiocy that I find myself surrounded with "professionally" (and I use that term very loosely) is a constant reminder of why our country, and our world, is in the state it's in. We've grown used to "good enough", "kinder, gentler", "politically correct", and all those other terms that allow for anything less than excellence ( Read more... )

samuelpearce mentioned it over the weekend, and now, for your viewing pleasure...

the Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart, courtesy of the Huffington Post:


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because, according to John McCain, Barack Obama has one ( Read more... )

Let's see how this goes ( Read more... )

and even better, she's managed to piss of Madeleine Albright by misusing a quote of Albright's to further her own political gains.

It seems that Ms. Albright once made the statement, in a non-political context, "“There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t help other women". Ms. Palin twisted those words to her own end, stating, "There’s ( Read more... )

most people involved in those fields are utterly useless, and should be shot to remove them from MY misery ( Read more... )

Again, courtesy of the West Wing, these words from Jed Bartlet would have been a great retort to some of Palin's parroted "talking points":

"There it is. That's the ten word answer my staff's been looking for for two weeks. There it is. Ten-word answers can kill you in political campaigns. They're the tip of the sword ( Read more... )

In the CNN review of last night's debate, the prospect was raised that last night was Sarah Palin's "coming out party" as a serious contender for the nomination in 2012. Yes, you read that right, 2012, not 2016 ( Read more... )

I'm giving the first 15 minutes solidly to Biden; Palin is so "Aunt Fluffy" right now it's hilarious ( Read more... )

As many of you know, I'm a HUGE fan of The West Wing. While searching for a particular quote this morning (the one katerinfg started into last week at Muldoon's, about making the election about qualified, and not), I came across a posting about a bit Aaron Sorkin had done for the NY Times, a fictional conversation between Barack Obama and Josiah Bartlet. I' ( Read more... )