Dumbing It Down

Not having Internet access is killing me. Sarah Palin's family looks terrified. Todd looks dead behind the eyes. I find it awkward Sarah's spending so much time focusing on her family when the McCain camp has asked the media et al to stay off the subject.

Is she graduating high school or running for the second highest office in the land?

This speech is just strange.

Ewww. Look at the little girl licking her hand and then petting the head of the infant. Ewwww.

Sorry. Distracted.

Overall, the speech feels simple and empty and yet still not something she wrote herself. I'll give her the lines about the plane and the cook, but her lies about the Bridge to Nowhere don't sit well. And it's hard to believe she's not in bed with big oil knowing she ran a Stevens PAC and is a Republican from Alaska.

She just made fun of Obama's having written two books. Good move. I'll bet most of her target audience hasn't read two books.

Ok, that was wrong. I should be nicer to the sad, delusional lady.

When she says "my sister Heather and her husband just built a service station," is she talking about the sister with 9 kids, or is that a different sister?

I know the press will probably say she did a great job and got the crowd riled up and blah blah blah.

But it sure felt like amateur hour to me. There's nothing Vice Presidential about this woman.

And as someone who now works alongside longtime community organizers and relies on community organizers in the field to help build the heart and soul of our nationwide health care campaign, I'm actually offended she keeps belittling their contribution.
Oh thank goodness she's done.

I've had enough.

Someone should tell Levi to spit out the gum.