In my one post about Sarah P., I basically wrote her off and predicted she’d go away. Despite (or perhaps because of) having lived in Alaska and having interviewed her and the Todd-ster before moving to DC, I don’t have much interest in blogging about Palin minutae. But, I can’t exactly turn up my nose [...]
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Palin Disses Hawaii
Posted in Alaska, Hawaii, Politics, Sarah Palin, tagged Asians, Hawaii, Palin on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Snipers On Santa’s Roof
Posted in Obama, Politics, tagged National Christmas Tree, Obama, Security on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Salahis are still front-page news for crashing the state dinner at the White House on Nov. 24. Nine evenings later, how effective was the security setup at the lighting of the national Christmas tree? Well, for starters there was no guest list (probably because we would not be rubbing elbows with el presidente, or caressing [...]
On Palin
Posted in Alaska, Politics, Sarah Palin, tagged Sarah Palin on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t think she can do punditry or win a major political office. She’s too inarticulate and really can’t think fast enough on her feet (not to mention her chronic inability to truly grasp basic policy points) to be successful in either. She chafes at handlers, but would be nowhere near the national spotlight without [...]