“What if she ends up becoming president?” I asked.
“It would concern me,” said Scott. “But less than if Obama were president.”
Elections
Quote of the Day
The astounding (even to me, after all these years!) smugness and mean-spiritedness of so many in the media engendered not just interest in but sympathy for Palin. It allowed Palin to speak not just to conservatives but to the many Americans who are repulsed by the media’s prurient interest in and adolescent snickering about her family. It allowed the McCain-Palin ticket to become the populist standard-bearer against an Obama-Media ticket that has disdain for Middle America.
Bill Kristol. RTWT — a sneering but still accurate assessment.
I love that line: McCain/Palin v. Obama/Media. We know who Obama’s real “running mate” is! It’s his horde of little pals who are working away like Santa’s elves to bring to an America that is hungry for change the gift of hope we can believe in.
Feh. (Spits on ground.)
Joke of the Day
“What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”
“One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let’s be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.
“The other kills her own food.”
O.T. Comment on Shannon’s Last Post
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities.
Obama (apparently from a very early stage in his career) has left little paper trail. Decision making means taking risks – of criticism, of results. I don’t see risk-taking but the kind of assurance that comes from not having to live with consequences.
Palin’s Moment
Listening to Gov. Sarah Palin. Nothing to change my mind regarding her qualifications to be Veep but the woman has first-rate political 
skills coupled with a genuine mean-streak that she can execute on live TV without looking like a cast-iron beeatch. That’s a neat trick that most VP and Prez candidates never master ( ask Bob Dole).
Joe Biden just went from heavy debate favorite to underdog.
Addendum:
Against most of my expectations, a home run. No, make that a grand slam home run. McCain rolled the dice on his career with Palin and raked in the chips.
Addendum II:
Spengler on Palin and Biden. Hat tip to Dan of tdaxp.