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This might be the most damning thing Sarah Palin ever said. From The New Yorker's review of her memoir:
When Fred Barnes, the Weekly Standard editor and writer, asked Palin who her favorite thinker was, she replied, "You."
She might be the only person in America, including Fred Barnes to think that way.
Labels: Fred Barnes, Sarah Palin, Stupid Republican tricks
The good folks at Talking Points Memo are chagrined to find that Sarah Palin would not reveal whether she voted for Ted Stevens for re-election as senator from Alaska. (Stevens has been convicted, but not sentenced, for taking bribes.)
Of course Palin voted for Stevens. If he wins re-election then resigns, or wins re-election and is then expelled from the Senate, then Governor Palin gets to pick his successor. And that successor could be Sarah Palin.
EDIT: the good folks at Talking Points Memo note that a vacancy would eventually be filled by special election, thanks in no small part to Senator Frank Murkowski willing the gubernatorial election in 2004 and appointing his daughter to his old seat. However, there are conflicting state laws, one of which would allow Palin to appoint an interim senator. Stay tuned.
Labels: Sarah Palin, Stupid Republican tricks, Ted Stevens
Lawrence Eagleburger served as Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush, and he is a prominent supporter of John McCain's candidacy for president this year.
But his support of Sarah Palin is, shall we say, less than fervent.
"I don't think at the moment she is prepared to take over the brains of the presidency," he says. "I can name for you any number of other vice presidents who were not particularly up to it either. So, the question, I think, is—can she learn and would she be tough enough under the circumstances if she were asked to become president?"
"Give her some time in the office and I think the answer would be—she will be adequate. I can't say that she would be a genius in the job," he adds.
She will be adequate? Adequate? There must be hundreds of Republican officeholders right now who know that they could do a good job as president is they had to. And all of them now hate John McCain and the fools who advise him.
Labels: faint praise, John McCain, Lawrence Eagleburger, NPR, Sarah Palin, stupid political tricks
The next time the Republicans extol Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience because one can see Russia from parts of Alaska, consider this: what part of Alaska can one see Russia from?
Little Diomede is an island with a population of 147. There is no running water or sewerage. And Big Diomede island was so important to the Soviet Union (and is so important to Russia) that it is uninhabited.
Labels: Alaska, Little Diomede, Russia, Sarah Palin, stupid foreign policy tricks
By now, most Americans know (whether they want to or not) that as Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin tried to get Mike Wooten fired from his position on the Alaska State Police. He and her sister had gone through a nasty divorce, so her dislike of him was hardly surprising.
But what is surprising is her letter of recommendation that she wrote while still Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Do note that she fails to omit words to the effect of "he's dating my sister." Now, those are small-town Republican values that John McCain can believe in. (The nepotism part, not the divorcing part, although he believes in divorce as well.)
Labels: letter of recommendation, Mike Wooten, nepotism, Sarah Palin
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