Your New Clothes, Empress Palin

It appears that in our American democracy a vice presidential nominee must face the press and the public in answering substantive questions regarding the policies they represent and the issues we face in our country and around the world...ohhh boy, that's not good for a certain someone.

Hey 'pitbull', or 'barracuda', or 'mighty moose', or whatever the hell you call yourself today...I think your lipstick just got smeared. And now, the real Sarah Palin everyone!

I'd actually feel pity for Palin, considering the unthinkable position she's been put in by a hyper-politically-calculating John McCain, if she wasn't so overtly dangerous to our country in her own right. No, instead I feel just a bit of pity for a public that doesn't immediately laugh off the stage the nonsensical creation that is the current Republican Party platform.

It is blatantly obvious to all those that have been following his career and his campaigns that John McCain powered the 'Straight Talk Express directly into a ditch at the start of this election season. The day McCain announced Palin as his running mate, I claimed that the proverbial bus just burst into flames, and I stand by that claim. With each passing day between now and November 4th, I expect it will become more and more apparent that this election boils down to a simple, yet vital, choice between a genuine, galvanizing opportunity for American progress on the one hand, and a smoldering political wreckage on the other.
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