Librarians

It has been said countless times since the announcement of Governor Sarah Palin vice presidential nomination, she is not ready.

The Daily Show recently pointed out one of the many of the inconsistencies which plague the logic of conservative punditry. With regards to Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, Mr. Rove has this to say:

He's been a governor for three years...He's been the mayor of the 105th largest city in America...So if he were to pick Governor Kaine it would be an intensely political choice which would say, "You know what? I'm really not first and foremost concerned whether this person is ready to be President of the United States."

So if that's the case, how are conservatives supposed to sell Governor Palin to the American people?

Last night was an excellent example of the lacking substance in the Republican's message this time around. This ex beauty queen was very well poised in her attempts to berate the Senator, but at least she was able to auto-designate one of the possible epithets which many could now assign to her. "You know they say the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is the lipstick."

I a sense, this works out great for both parties. The Republicans were able to energize their base, while further alienating the rest of America. Efforts to stress American unity by the Democrats were underscored by the divisive testimonies of most Republican speakers.

In the end, the ad homonym attacks on Obama are probably not going to do much to change the polls too much. However, it never ceases to be provide reason for disconcert and perplexity among most rational citizens who are forcibly exposed to such vitriol.

A great deal of the chatter coming off the convention floor as soon as it happened hearkened back to an earlier election, the 2000 presidential election which brought Bush to power. The word that kept being repeated aside from maverick was "character." As if character were enough to give you the fortitude to tackle the most important position in the world. We all known how well things went by going on that logic alone.

The interesting thing about this term is that it implies nothing about any of the concrete abilities we would like to see in one of the most important leadership positions. I personally like to see intelligence, charisma, wisdom, gentility, articulateness. Can all of these be lumped into the term character? For one, I don't think intelligence can be. Many intelligent people throughout history have lacked character. On a categorical basis, take computer nerds, for instance.

Furthermore, gentility goes into that as well. Gigolos behave like perfect gentlemen but may be dumb as a box of rocks beyond their knowledge of proper social etiquette when wooing a lady.

Where the hell am I going with this? Sluts. Sluts. Sluts.

Everyone is a slut; but especially conservatives.

The one thing I do appreciate about Sarah Palin is the sexy librarian look. Somewhere out there in the heartland there is some kid cultivating a librarian dominatrix fantasy, and its all thanks to John McCain.