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McCain, Senator John • ridiculous defense of Sarah Palin by - a five-minute barrage of blather clearly not believed by and including the Bartlett's-worthy quote "I don't think she quit, I think she changed her priorities" - leaves viewers wondering if it's possible for a politician to fall further from grace than...
McCain, Sen. John • continued refusal of to get down on all fours and beg Americans to forgive him for inflicting Sarah Palin on them...
...Palin, soon-to-be-ex-Gov. Sarah • ability of to spout incomprehensible babble is undiminished by decision of to quit in a huff • Anderson Cooper isn't buying the inane excuses of the spokeswoman for • angry tweets of • David Letterman is still making fun of • eagerness of to get back to "slaying salmon" • efforts of to make people stop saying bad things about or they are going to get so sued by • excuse offered by for quitting is - as is so much of what passes the lips of - of questionable veracity • explanation...
...Palin, the question might be, How thin a résumé and how unconventional a background will voters embrace? Obama - a first-term Senator with roots in Hawaii, Kenya and Indonesia - moved the bar quite a distance. But would the same country that picked the lofty, cerebral liberal turn around four years later and embrace an earthy, instinctive conservative? After all, President Obama will also be a lot more experienced in 2012. (Read "Sarah Palin's Alaskonomics...
...Whatever else we take away from Palin's abrupt announcement that she is quitting, she has proved that her low opinion of government includes even her own powers and prerogatives. As she put it in her farewell speech - the one that began "Hi, Alaska!" - the governor's office is no longer a place for "productive, fulfilled people ... choosing to wisely utilize precious time." A lot of conservative politicians stop wanting smaller government the minute the government is them. Then they discover that they like the trappings, earmarks and junkets, the plums for friends. For Palin, the job offered little more...