UPDATE #2: My God ! a sensible Palin story from the MSM. I’ve been to Wasilla and it is actually a beautiful, upscale suburb of Anchorage. It should have become the Alaska capital in an initiative that failed in 1994, just before one of my visits to the state. It is ridiculous to have the capital at Juneau, which is hundreds of miles from the major population areas of the state. You cannot even get to Juneau by land ! The problem is the rivalry between Fairbanks and Anchorage. The Fairbanks voters will never allow the capital to move to Anchorage. A move to Wasilla, which is about 30 miles north of Anchorage and on the main highway to Fairbanks, was defeated in 1994. I expect that voters will learn a lot more about Alaska in the next few months.
UPDATE: Now she is a computer hacker, except it seems to have been completely legal. Cool !
The political left has gone crazy. Some segments have always been a bit that way but Sarah Palin seems to have tipped most of them over the edge. The first reaction, which was shared by a number of inside-the-beltway dinosaurs of both parties, was that McCain must have been desperate or senile to have chosen her. The inexperience argument seems a bit odd given the lack of experience of the candidate that the Democrats have chosen this year. Still, it has been tried. Some Democrats kept their heads and advised calm. Even they had trouble understanding the situation.
Third, and most important, voters don’t need our help to figure this out. In the end, they’ll be the best and toughest judge of whether or not Sarah Palin is ready. Back in 1988, the Dukakis campaign actually ran an ad against Dan Quayle. It didn’t work, and wasn’t necessary. In any case, Quayle had only himself to blame for falling flat on the national stage. By straining so hard to compare himself to JFK on the campaign trail, he practically wrote Bentsen’s famous line for him.
Notice no mention of how that 1988 election turned out.
The netroots, on the other hand went nuts. That’s why we call them nutroots.
Washington Monthly, a left wing magazine site that was run by Kevin Drum the past few years, has become a slightly less obscene DailyKos since Kevin left. They are still out of control. The entire site, the past 48 hours, has been hysteria nonstop. That is only a sample.
The result may not be pretty for Obama. This frenzy of anti-woman sentiment has caused one Hillary supporter to switch and that may be just the beginning. One accusation has been that the choice of Sarah was a crude play for the female vote. I don’t think so. I think McCain really sees some of his own instincts in her. He also may realize that it is time to move on to the next generation of Republican leaders. However, the furious and demeaning reaction to her pick may accomplish just that purpose.
Keep it up nutroots!
The Anchoress has the latest knockdowns on rumors, which have spread even to the London papers. I can’t imagine this will help Obama.