Sarah Palin

This will be my last Sarah Palin post. I have never been a fan and do not understand the media attention this woman garners.

Contrary to right-wing opinion, I do not dislike Palin because she did not attend an elite East Coast University, or because she is moderately attractive, or that she has five children or owns guns. I dislike Sarah Palin because she has NO substance, no intellectual curiosity, no stick-to-itiveness (as my grandmother used to say). The McCain campaign is partially to blame for the Palin frenzy, but now with the election over for more then a year we can blame the MSM. Here's a memo guys, just because Faux News is covering her doesn't mean she's a story. Stepping down as Governor of Alaska, with one & a half years left to her term that was news, more proof of just how unfit a choice she was for VP.

The rest of it; her book & book tour not really news. Nobody really cares, the damned thing is already on the bargain tables. Judith Warner in the New York Times this week called her pat, scripted answer to Oprah about Levi gracious. Are you kidding me, the venom that was dripping from her when she made that statement was far from gracious. She is not that good of an actor, but apparently Ms Warner was fooled. Now, I will admit, I do not watch Oprah and certainly did not watch the Palin interview; the woman holds no interest for me. She has proven to be an excellent media whore and has even dragged her oldest daughter into the fray; forcing her to shill for abstinence only education. Hypocrisy much?

Anyone who thinks a woman or anyone for that matter who can't fulfill her commitment to a small state as governor certainly has no business being discussed as a potential presidential candidate for 2012. I know small children with longer attention spans than Mrs Palin. We saw this again recently, she left a book signing before everyone who was guaranteed a signed book was seen, she couldn't even manage to finish a 5K turkey trot in Washington State this week. She lives for the limelight, but the reality there is nothing to see here; it's time everyone in the media; inside & outside the beltway moved on.