Sniffin' Palin

You can say what you want about Sarah Palin, and you can feign indignation about the evil media not being fair to her etc etc, but I think it's insulting for someone to say that she quit her governorship so that she could run for President. Please. This is the hardest, most high-pressure job in the whole country. And one thing we've learned from having Bush in the White House for 8 years is that you know what, just "anybody" CAN'T be president. And in Palin we see someone who loves the attention, loves the tv cameras (which she, you know, hates), is great at spouting out words and catch-phrases people have put into her head (who wants to bet her first speech as a civilian coming up in 2 weeks is almost word for word same as her convention speech?), and craves being famous for fame's sake. But a few things she's shown that she's not to crazy about is actually doing serious work and/or governing. Why on Earth would anyone with a brain seriously think she is someone who is jonesing for such serious work? Gee, what actual substance has she advanced that makes you think she's chomping at the bit to enact? Why would she give up going around on television and saying scripted things and writing "books" and living the life of a celebrity/beauty queen for grueling, frustrating, consequential work that you can't solve by merely winking into a camera?

If you think Sarah Palin is who America needs to be in the driver's seat, you're an idiot. And if you think that she herself seriously wants to become president, you're an idiot too. She will squeeze 10-20 years of fame and fortune out of running/considering running, but anything more is laughable. To her own credit, she will be laughing at you all the way to the bank. But man, I'd love to get up in her 800-count Egyptian linen bedsheets.