It’s becoming flat out painful to watch anymore:
COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this — to stay informed and to understand the world?
PALIN: I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media —
COURIC: But what ones specifically? I’m curious.
PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.
COURIC: Can you name any of them?
PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news.
She can’t even name one? She can’t even pull the New York Times or the Alaska Daily News? Time? Newsweek? Anything? She either isn’t smart enough or fast enough (or both) to even think of a name to lie about on the spot. Hell, the Washington Times would be good enough.
Palin is either just like Bush and just doesn’t read, or the newspapers and magazines Palin does read would instantly send horror and fear into any rational, thinking American. Unfortunately, I’m afraid it’s the second, given what we know about her policy positions. Her positions are in the extreme wing of the extremist part of the Republican Party, so it wouldn’t be shocking if her favorite material was some of the most off the wall right-wing crap as well.
But you know, at this point, my hysterical laughter about Palin has turned into pain and pity more than anything else. Palin could have had a future on the national scene had she swallowed her hubris and admitted to herself – and John McCain – that she isn’t freaking ready to be Vice President right now – that 6 years as a small town mayor and 18 months as governor just doesn’t cut it.
If she had just sat where she was and spent 8 years as governor and moved onto the Senate or something, she could have run for President in 2020 or something. But Palin’s ambition, which has been on full display all the way (to the point of outshining McCain at his own rallies, and glorisly taking full advantage of it) has sent her head first into a race which is increasingly looking like the end of any possible national career she may have ever wanted to have.
Of course, the election isn’t over, and McCain may find some way to pull in a win out of his ass in the next 35 days, but barring that, I don’t see how Palin is anything other than a political joke outside of Alaska from this point onward.
