She's going to fall, and fall hard.

[Bread and Circus]

I said it a day or two ago and I will say it again, Sarah Palin has a magnetic quality. Just like George Bush. I've also argued that John McCain is not equal to George Bush. Although he's been "reigned in and retooled" by the soft fascists of the right, he's not the George Bush archetype. However, Sara Palin is.

Remember when George W. Bush was at 92% approval ratings and could do no wrong? When he was the man they said we "all wanted to have a beer" with? I do. I know you do, it was only a few short years back. However, the smirk and the wink only carried him so far. He's now regarded widely as one of the worst Presidents of all time and no honest person can argue with that.

Well, Sarah Palin displayed a lot of charisma tonight, replete with a wink and about three dozen smirking, smartass moments. However, like Bush, she is narcissistic and has an emptyness about her. Sooner or later, she's going to be off script, either talking about something she knows little about or something she thinks she knows everything about, and reveal her true self. The bigger the pride, the harder the fall. She can only be hidden from the press and entirely coached for so long.

Tonight's speech at first was masterfully delivered for about 5 minutes. But then, the confidence set in and it went from mildly attention grabbing to an empty littany of mockery, snottyness, and a parade of "inside jokes". It was like the pretty girl in school poking fun at the outsider with her band of toadies, guffawing and snickering her on to greater levels of self-assured meanness. Ultimately it was a speech with no heart, grace, or dignity. In so being, it was the perfect Republican speech as it encapsulated a party that has been enraptured in the thrall of ambition and political shenanigans for the sake of gaining and holding political power.

For a while such bold trickery, smoke, and obfuscation work. Even our "serious" media punditry could not resist the snakelike charm. Bush was in the bubble of perceived competence for a long time before he fell so far and so low. I doubt Palin will have nearly as much shelf life. Reality and truth have a way of catching up to people, and sooner or later Palin will fall. There's just too much emptiness, narcissism , and ambition for her not to. People like her always fall. For now, I think the string pullers and the magicians that run the Republican political circus will feel smug. I have a feeling the media will also kowtow for a while, just like they did to Bush for far too long.

Have faith. What you believe is real. Behind the curtain, things are as fake and mendacious as we believe them to be. Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan unwittingly proved that today in a way that could not be more clear, nor more palpable. Just because Noonan tried to cover her own tracks with a pack of contorted lies doesn't take away the fact that what we are witnessing here is all complete spin.

Ultimately we are going to win. My only question is when.

[begin_within]

1. Magnets can repel as well as attract.

[Gregorian]

6. Haha..

Bob, you've nailed it.

[President Decider]

2. THIS PARAGRAPH IS PURE POETRY ..... WELL DONE!

Tonight's speech at first was masterfully delivered for about 5 minutes. But then, the confidence set in and it went from mildly attention grabbing to an empty littany of mockery, snottyness, and a parade of "inside jokes". It was like the pretty girl in school poking fun at the outsider with her band of toadies, guffawing and snickering her on to greater levels of self-assured meanness. Ultimately it was a speech with no heart, grace, or dignity. In so being, it was the perfect Republican speech as it encapsulated a party that has been enraptured in the thrall of ambition and political shenanigans for the sake of gaining and holding political power.

[Bread and Circus]

7. Thank you, and it's even better said here...

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/london-times-palin-an-apalling.php

London Times: Palin "An Apalling Candidate"

So the real reason that Palin is apalling is this: if she were to become vice-president, or, heaven forfend, president. . . according to her "record" of "service" we could reasonably expect to see the executive banning of books, the executive banning of dissent, the executive banning of transparency, carried out to the specifications of interest groups who wish to see these conduits for the flow of federal money opened even wider.

Look closely at her "record" in Alaska; it's a crystal ball into where the Republican party would love to go.

They are trying desperately to re-brand themselves as the party of "change" which is just a Trojan horse word to hold onto their power. The big mystery is how they chant "Country First" and rope all the poor whites into offering them their children to go to their wars which are a simple diversionary tactic for the main event: the transfer of public money into private hands, without taxation.

[Bake]

3. She read a teleprompter. Big deal.

Let's see how she does in interviews or - God forbid - a DEBATE.

Bake

[Ex Lurker]

4. I don't doubt she'll fall. The question is will it be before or after the election n/t

[Gregorian]

5. The country is in serious trouble. Ie.) Ten trillion dollar debt.

Americans know this. All but the most empty boneheads. You know, the snow machinin', breeders. Yeah, I used that word. Sorry breeders. But Americans realize there is absolutely no room for goofing around at the helm. We just did that for eight years.

Very few Americans really understand what is to lose here. We would be one Left Anterior Descending coronary occlusion away from a Palin appointed Supreme Court appointment. Democrats should be really paying close attention.

Actually, Obama is so solid I just don't see any way even their best can touch him. He's the MC Hammer of politics. Can't touch this.

[Honeycombe8]

8. I hope you're right. Obama/Biden MUST win. They must. They HAVE TO. nt

[geek tragedy]

9. This country voted Bush back into office.

The voters of this country are a bunch of mouth-breathing knuckledragging morons until they stop falling for this every four years.

[Chasing Dreams]

12. I disagree.

The voters of this country elected Kerry, but Karl Rove and a few software hackers changed the vote counts in Ohio and several other states, snatching victory from defeat. I am still upset at Kerry for not standing up to these assholes, demanding an open, independent accounting of what occured in Ohio. I will never admit that Chimpy won in 2000 or 2004.

[BeyondGeography]

10. I'd rec this 10X if I could

Pure ownage of the empty one. I realized watching her that even if the worst of all the allegations about her are true, too many people on the Right won't give a shit. They'd rather stay seduced.

[Pachamama]

11. PALIN = George W. Bush with a Vagina

Enough said.....

She could possibly prove to be scarier than W....that scares the sh*t out of me and should scare everyone.... :scared:

[BeyondGeography]

13. Kickin' for the a.m. crowd