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September 3, 2008
The amazing Sarah Palin gossip fest chugs on. And on.
If nothing else it's proven a great opportunity to study how colourful American culture can be.
Apparently, Palin eats moose, hates polar bears, doesn't mind if intelligent design is taught in schools as long as it's taught alongside creationism, is married to a bloke known as First Dude with an ancient drink driving record, is a mother of five with funny names unless you believe the youngest one is actually her daughter's, in which case the 17 year old's current unmarried pregnancy is her second, thinks the proximity of Russia to Alaska constitutes foreign policy experience, wants to drill for oil in Alaskan nature reserves, is the Republican idea of eye candy, has done some iffy things in the domains of campaign funding, abused her position with regard to an unpopular ex-brother in law, will give the McCain campaign a boost, will sink the McCain campaign to the bottom of the deepest sea.
As Trevor Cook observes, you can't make this stuff up.
In today's developments, according to his MySpace, the father of the 17 year old daughter's pregnancy is a proud redneck who doesn't want kids. Wow, that must be a historical first.
And it turns out Palin was foisted on a reluctant McCain because otherwise the Republican fundamentalists would stage a revolt at the Convention. It was better to choose Palin than suffer public embarrassment.
Everything will be OK now though, because at the last minute George W took a break from supervising the hurricane effort down south and addressed the convention via video link to assure the nation that McCain is ready to lead. Phew.
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All in all, a good example of conservative values. Working example of level of success of redneck ideology in family parenting, in particular.
Unsurprisingly, the polls are said to be narrowing.