And I Thought We Had Suffered The Worst

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"We can see Russia from land here in Alaska"

"The war in Iraq is God's task"

"Nucular weapons"

Bush Doctrine? Huh?

Any of this sound familiar?

James Fallows had this to say:

"A further point. The truly toxic combination of traits GW Bush brought to decision making was:

1) Ignorance
2) Lack of curiosity
3) "Decisiveness"

That is, he was not broadly informed to begin with (point 1). He did not seek out new information (#2); but he nonetheless prided himself (#3) on making broad, bold decisions quickly, and then sticking to them to show resoluteness.

We don't know for sure about #2 for Palin yet -- she could be a sponge-like absorber of information. But we know about #1 and we can guess, from her demeanor about #3. Most of all we know something about the person who put her in this untenable role."

I say: The world is oscillating between hysterical laughter and tears. Who cares about the Constitution, or anything else for that matter, so long as I don't have to pay Capital Gains Tax? Or, (insert issue here).

I also say James Fallows and "Softball" Charlie Gibson, were extremely gracious for not calling this idiot out. Charlie Black's strategy of brandishing the sexism card like a club from the beginning, has predictably cowed the national media. This is the " look the other way" policy that got us George Bush, Dick Cheney, a war, an assault on the Constitution, torture, and the list goes on forever. And I thought we had been through the worst.