When I started this blog, I had grand ambitions of posting a lengthy rant about Sarah Palin and why she and her nomination are pretty much sure signs of the apocalypse. I was derailed when McCain made his brainless, if gutsy decision to temporarily suspend his campaign, but I had every intention of getting back to Palin.
Today was going to be the day, it really was, but before I even got started, one enterprising reader sent me a link to a Salon article by Rebecca Traister that captures pretty much everything I was going to say. Traister even has an added advantage (two, if you count the fact that she's a better writer), that being that she is a woman, and thus when she calls McCain's selection of Palin as a running mate "craven, sexist, and disrespectful," it sounds appropriately enraged, whereas if I did it, I would just sound like a whiny ultra-sensitive guy who just wants girls to like him for sharing their womanly pain.
So please, read the article. It's right on the money in its accusation of both right- and left-wingers in politics and the press of coddling Sarah Palin. Worry not, loyal Fishbulb Fans (all two of you), the book isn't closed on Palin-bashing. I have plenty more to say on the subject, particularly with the Vice Presidential debate looming on the horizon, but for now, it will have to wait.
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