The above photo was taken in Harris County, PA. I hope it represents a very small fragment of the population. I also hope the sign's owner and his Klan buddies isn't registered.
McCain's really bringing out the best in his followers. I briefly thought he was going to take the high road, but he immediately backslid.
It flummoxes me that Todd Palin (Alaska's "First Gentleman") behaves as though he is Alaska's co-governor. In a
somber editorial discussing Sarah Palins' abuse of power (with of course the focus on "Troopergate"), the Washington Post states "within a few weeks of Ms. Palin's inauguration, her newly installed public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan, was summoned to a meeting with the governor's husband, Todd Palin, at which the "First Gentleman" pressed Mr. Monegan to reexamine the already concluded disciplinary case against Mr. Wooten." Under what authority is the "First Gentleman" allowed to "summon" public servants to meetings?
Palin documented his own meddling the day before Branchflower's findings were made public, even though his statement directly contradicted his own assertion that he had not been involved in "Troopergate."
If Michelle Obama "summoned"
anyone to discuss
any sort of official business, let alone "pressing" that person to take action, she would have her ears pinned back by the conservative talking heads. Actually, the liberal pundits would also rightly take her to task. Remember when Bill Clinton was excoriated by having the temerity to state that Americans got a 'two-fer' when they voted for him? Even Hillary caught flak, as though his statement demonstrated her overarching ambition.
I'm surprised Todd Palin is such a non-issue. It's been an issue to me since I first learned Governor Palin refused to release thousands of pieces of government email, citing executive privilege. She copied her husband on much of the 'official' email. (Her use of executive privilege was eerily Cheneyesque.)
As a GS-13, I have a much better grasp of ethics than Alaska's governor. That bothers me. A lot.
And yikes, I can't believe Palin used her daughter as a shield in a failed attempt to prevent being booed when she dropped the puck at the Philly game. "It's OK, honey - just keep smiling. Yes, you're getting booed." How cynical. How un-maternal. What a sterling example of Republican family values.
In other disturbing news, someone else is using 'brain detritus' as a blog name. I've used the term for years, but this person was there first. And s/he posted this: Reasons to be a nun: If you marry god, you get all his property when he dies. I like this person.
VOTE! Take folks to the polls! Staff phone banks!
