Including this horror: "her husband fishes unironically!

That one tears it for me.

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. . . of Governor Palin, from Time magazine. Lots of local color from her small town. Good stuff.

h/t: Zoey, who has plenty of Sarahpernalia up at her site as well.

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Hackbarth has a clip of her from her stint as a newscaster in the 1980s, and a bit of video from the rifle range in Kuwait, when she visited her guardsmen as Alaska's Governor. Needless to say, she handles the recoil on the full-auto quite well.

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And at least one of the following is true:

1) You don't know much about Sarah Palin;

2) You see Affirmative Action lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce and undermine Conservatism, the GOP, and the War on Terror—possibly all in one fell swoop;

3) You're a bit of a sexist; or

4) When you look at a bakery cake, all you can see is frosting.

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Look, Kids. I know you're a bit disconcerted by the Palin pick, but please don't be. Obama had a nice talk with Ted Kennedy today,* and Kennedy reassured him that faling to secure the Presidency of the U.S. and having to go back to the upper House Chamber with your tail between your legs is not the end of the world.

"But man," Obama said. "I'm gonna feel like such a loser."

There was an awkward silence. "I mean," Barack amended, "since I'm unlikely to be able to ever rival your legislative achievements. It's different for me: I guess I really thought I was Superman. You know: 'I want to fly, but I can't even swim . . .'"

Kennedy hung up on him then, unfortunately.

But I felt that this whole "Palin Faked a Pregnancy" thing was just a bit silly, and I think I made that clear.

Please, though. I beg of you—especially those of you who are friends of mine, and starting to sip at this Kool-Aid—don't make asses of yourselves.

1) Statistically speaking, teenagers don't have babies with Down's. Middle-aged women have babies with Down's.

2) It makes sense that a woman who had been pregnant four times might be carrying a little low.

3) A veteran of four pregnancies would be an expert at hiding it. If she were Governor of a state, she might be motivated to do that until the last possible moment, so as not to let it interfere with her duties.

4) Had the teenager carried the baby, it would have been more likely that the solution would have been adoption, rather than the old-fashioned (and perfectly acceptable) system of having the grandparents step in to fill the void.

5) It is possible for a woman to hide a pregnancy by becoming heavy. For instance, Dorothy L. Sayers did it, back when an unwed birth was a huge, insurmountable scandal—but that much weight doesn't come off so quickly. Sayers, for example, was heavy the rest of her life. Have you seen any pictures of Palin lately? Have you seen the pictures of her in her third trimester with her last child? How does one lose that much weight that quickly?—giving birth comes to mind.

6) Let's say this whole thing were true: Palin faked a pregnancy and offered, along with her husband, to raise her granddaughter as her own. This involved massive inconvenience, and some fibbing. Um . . . so?

7) Let's say this whole thing were true. That would mean that Palin had a teenager who made a mistake, and took an unwise risk. That would make the girl different from other teenagers . . . how? And it would mean that the family got together and helped one of their own out of a jam. That would make Sarah look bad?

I'm tryin' to help you out here: this manufactured "scandal" is helping you not at all.

So, here we go, I guess. I grabbed these from Right Wing News, but you can find 'em all over the web. Palin, February of this year:

Palin, March of this year:

Please put the tinfoil down and step away from the Internet.

* It's possible that either this conversation never occurred, or that the transcripts I have for it aren't 100% correct. Or both.

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There's something slightly macabre/unseemly about the clip, since the subtext of the interview is "hey, man. You are, like, really old. How can we take your candidacy seriously when you appoint this hick chick as your running mate? Come on, man—you've got one foot in the grave."

Stole this one from Stacy Mac.

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when one is assessing Sarah Palin's foreign-policy chops. Darleen makes the case.

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From "Post-Political":

Joe Biden, at age 65, presents risk that Barack Obama, a man with exactly 140 days of experience in Washington, could be a heartbeat away from having to make decisions on his own.

Scary thought.

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Teenager has Down's Syndrome baby, fathered by Martian! Mother/Governor part of cover-up!

Lies, deceit, and poor prenatal care in the Tundra!

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On the attempts from the left to slime Sarah Palin:

Progressives, alas, are — in the final analysis — progressives first. And when power is at stake, integrity becomes just another cog in the machinery of pragmatic rationalizations. Which is why we are now treated to the spectacle of Pandagon and Feministe tearing down a woman whose life choices have propelled her to a successful career in business and politics—all while maintaining a tight-knit family — so that they can stand up for a candidate whose base took on Hillary Clinton with cries of “Bros Before Hos,” and who now are out in full misogynistic force tearing down Palin as a bimbo breeder hick.

The irony, could it be bottled, would be thick enough make a tapenade — though one so bitter that most self respecting breadsticks would avoid it like a fish avoids a bicycle . . .

Like the fight for suffrage all over again, in some respects, is it not? "This is the Negro's hour." So, you know: women had to wait a few more decades to vote. Bros before Hos: fuck that shit.

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Look. This one is kind of embarrassing, but Sarah Palin once out-drove . . . me!

More here, natch.

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How odd.

The Hillary Forum has been locked down now, so that outsiders cannot view its contents. Fortunately, Hawkins went over there and grabbed some typical quotes:

Bella: Buuuuurn Obama Buuuurn! What a slap in the face. If it's Palin, I will put blood and sweat into campaigning for that team.

MaryinOregon: OMG! Republican candidate chooses a woman!!! Take that Democrats,party of sexism!!! ROFLMAO!!

Eddie3dfx: All this B.S. that the Republicans are racist and sexist, yet colin powell and condi rice were some of the biggest players in the rnc. Now Sarah has been confirmed. What does that tell you about the DNC.. Hypocrits.

movingtous: Ok, can anyone confirm this for me? Is it true that we must donate to McCain by Aug. 30th in order for him to accept it? I need this response, ASAP!

swannyj: If this is true, this moves me from staying at home to voting McCain.

Florida Dawn: McCain has picked PALIN!!! I am THRILLED! AS for the Dums whining that she doens't have experience running things--SHE HAS FIVE KIDS!! TRUST ME! SHE KNOWS HOW TO RUN THINGS! GOD BLESS MCCAIN/PALIN!!!

John Hawkins doesn't drink, doesn't swear, and doesn't lie. If he says those quotes are representative of what was going on in the Hillary forum when he pulled them out—then they were.

And the answer to that financial question, as millions roll in each day to McCain's campaign (it started on Friday, for reasons I can't quite suss out) is that we need to get our money in by this Thursday in order to have it applied directly to the McCain-Palin campaign, but that after that the RNC will still need funding. Since McCain-Palin will have more discretion in using money they get directly, it's best to get that dough in over the next few days. I'd use a debit or credit card at this point, and do it online, rather than trusting a check to arrive on time. (That link went directly to the financial donations page; if you want general news, or if you want to volunteer, here's the main campaign page.)

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1) "How is she going to deal with Russia, huh?" (Look at a map. Locate the largest U.S. State. Check on which nations border it.)

2) "She shouldn't be taking on a demanding job. Not with a young child—a special-needs child—at home." (Oopsie. Didn't know women still had to choose between having careers and families. Guess what? I think the wealthiest country in the world can arrange to supplement her family's efforts with some childcare assistance in the VP mansion in D.C., given how much we spend on security for our nation's First/Second families. Alaska may help: they could send the Feds some of the money they saved over the last two years from Palin's selling of the Gubernatorial plane, performing her own driving, and minimizing the security details for the First Family of Alaska.)

Keep grasping at straws, dudes and dudettes.

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Well, we should be concerned, dammit. These unpopular truths have to be faced up to: experience matters.

That's why, with Governor Palin joining McCain as his Veep pick, Obama and Biden should at least consider flipping their ticket, so that the guy at the top has done . . . well, something. Ohterwise, the Democrats are just going to embarrass themselves. Better yet, Obama could bow out.

Flopping Aces is running, with other commentary, the Redstate chart that compares Palin's experience to Obama's, point-by-point.

It doesn't look good. For Obama.

Obama, Obama . . . it isn't too late. You could go back to The House of Lords The Senate, and let the Dems replace you with a grownup. Spare yourself the humiliation of going through with this.

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Via AllahP at Hot Air, who's got some great anaysis, and remarks: "The leftÂ’s right that someone here is treating all women as essentially fungible, but it ainÂ’t John McCain."

Yup.

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. . . Cassandra raises some serious and disturbing questions about Sarah Palin's suitability for the McCain ticket.

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Over at Flopping Aces, MataHarley meticulously goes over the history of Palin's connections to both Trooper Wooten and Commissioner Monegan. She examines many sources, including some that are clearly antagonistic toward Palin, and yet still appear to support the notion that there was no attempt by Palin or her husband to use their influence to get this scumbag troubled trooper fired.

MataHarley:

First, the [. . .] accusation is that the GovernorÂ’s office had questionable reasons (meaning removing Wooten from the AST) for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan in July 2008. As we know, documented complaints from Palin about Wooten started prior to MoneganÂ’s appointment . . . which Monegan may, or may not, have been aware [of].

Yet Monegan was appointed by Palin. She was certainly within her rights to fire him. And if complaints were already lodged about Wooten to his immediate superior, Col. Julia Grimes, why did she [Palin] need to pressure him [Monegan] to fire Wooten? After all, if Palin was going to “abuse” her power to get Wooten fired, why not direct that power over Grimes as the superior of the Troopers?

And if getting Wooten fired was her quest, why did she not take steps to do that in 2005 during the complaint period, instead of specifically stating under deposition that she was staying silent in order not to put his job at risk? Not to mention the gap in time . . . why would it take her two and a half years to fire Monegan because of Wooten?

Read Ms. Harley's comprehensive account. It's clear that Palin removed Monegan for (1) performance issues, and (2) disagreements over how they were going to handle specific challenges, including matters pertaining to budget. When a subordinate is not "on board" with one's strategy, and will not support it, eventually he/she is going to have to go, no?

Palin didn't acquire a bunch of power, and then fire her entire Travel Office Public Safety Commissioner for reasons of nepotism. She fired him for lack of performance, and even offered him another post in order to allow him to save face.

And when Palin's husband discussed Trooper Out-of-Control with Monegan, it was under orders based on safety concerns regarding Alaska's First Family:

Todd Palin was ORDERED by the head of the GovernorÂ’s security detail, Special Agent Bob Cockrell, to discuss Trooper Wooten with Walt Monegan, as Wooten presented a credible threat to the GovernorÂ’s safety. HereÂ’s a direct quote from Special Agent Cockrell, who is now providing security for his sixth consecutive governor:

“When made aware of the security concerns regarding a state trooper, I instructed the First Gentleman to contact the Commissioner of Public Safety. It is standard protocol to ask every Governor about any threats they perceive or have realized. “I will not hesitate to set the record straight in answering these false allegations by former Commissioner Monegan.”

(emphasis added [first one by Little Miss Attila; second one by Flopping Aces])

And now Monegan wants to make a scandal out of it. Good luck with that. Hey, Buddy? You might try Michael Moore; I'm sure he'll bite. Or maybe Keith Olbermann, who states that when he initially heard about McCain's VP pick, he thought McCain was "talking about Michael Palin, of Monty Python's Flying Circus."

Our mainstream media are, for the most part, a bad joke.

(X-posted over at Right-Wing News.)

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. . . while I make those blue-chip investments in Kleenex and liquid KY/specialized "men's cremes."

Now, boys: remember to show up at work every now and then, Palin or no Palin. If I can manage it, so can you. (And, yes: I'll have to work extra-hard tomorrow to make up the time lost to Palin-mania today. But it was worth it!)

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. . . . had thought this would make a fabulous theme song for the McCain-Palin campaign ticket. A few hours later, it showed up in my e-mail in-box, and I saw the potential . . . it has always been one of my favorite Heart songs.

Thanks, Darrell: you're all about the American virtues. Mom, apple pie, and mashing the enemy into powder under one's boot. (But, you know: with love.)

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This is totally optional, but some people are sending it in multiples of $12, as an allusion to the amount that Obama's brother lives on in Kenya, per year. So you might send the campaign:

$12; or
$120; or
$1200; or
$12,000. (Although I think that last one is illegal because someone injected some irrational rules into the system a while back. I think that person needs a naughty librarian to help him see the error of his ways.)

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