Miss Alaskaville

The fact that she counts wonk-eyed weirdo James Galway as her favorite musician should be reason enough to discount Sarah Palin as the person who crosses your name off the list when you go to vote, let alone anyone that should ever hold a public office of any kind. Nevermind the fact that you don't know who James Galway is, just trust that he's a creepy wonk-eyed weirdo. 

She starts off doing a passable job for a pageant talent show, but runs into problems about halfway through. Then I remembered she's supposed to have 10 years experience- I don't even play flute and I could probably play this song with a couple days preparation. Kinda sounds like her campaign, thus far...

As long as I'm at it, how brilliant was Tina Fey last week, and how scary is it that the funniest part was very nearly quoted verbatim from the real Palin/Couric interview:

Palin: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.

Fey: Like every American I'm speaking with, we are ill about this. We're sayin' hey, why bail out Fanny and Freddie and not me? But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those that are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, to help, uh --- it's got to be all about job creation, too. Also to shoring up our economy and putting Fannie and Freddie back on the right track, and so health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending, 'cause Barack Obama, ya know. [makes gesture with index finger] Ya know, we've got to accompany tax reduction and tax relief for Americans, also having a dollar value meal at restaurants, that's gonna help. But one in five jobs being created today under the umbrella of job creation, that, ya know, also.