Sarah Palin is a Rock Star; John Mccain is a Celebrity

Sarah, who is now so renowned that she is known merely by one name and has a name ID of 90 percent, has to be a Kmart mom who appeals to Kmart moms and dads. Shes already shown that she can shoot the pig, put lipstick on it, bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. Now all she has to do is also prove that she can be the leader of the free world on a moments notice, and field dress Putin as adeptly as she can a moose.

After devilishly mocking Obama — and successfully getting into his head — with ads about how he was just a frothy celebrity, like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, it turns out all the McCain camp wanted was an Obama of its own. Now that they have the electric Palin, theyve stopped arguing that celebrity is bad. All they do is worship at her cult of celebrity. As Rick Davis, a top McCain adviser, said: This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.

Wasilla will be crawling with four groups — ABC staffers, frantically getting ready for the big showdown; McCain staffers, frantically tutoring Palin for the big showdown; McCain vetters, who are belatedly doing their job checking to see if Palin is a qualified White House contender and doing their best to shut down Troopergate and assembling a truth squad posse of Palinistas to rebut any criticism and push back any prying reporters; and journalists — from Sydney to Washington — who are here to draw back the curtain on the shiny reformer image that the McCain camp has conjured for their political ingénue and see whats behind it.

Gibson has his work cut out for him. His problem isnt coming up with a list of questions, but finding time to drill deeply enough into all the unknown territory of her life. Its a task that dwarfs the drilling job the oil companies are doing on Alaskas North Slope.

In the end, none of it may matter, since Palin has rocketed in the polls, drawing women and men with her vapid — if vivacious and visceral — scripted cheerleading. But if youre reading this, Charlie, we want to know everything, including:

What kind of budget-cutter makes a show of getting rid of the state plane, then turns around and bills taxpayers for the travel of her husband and kids between Juneau and Wasilla and sticks the state with a per-diem tab to stay in her own home?

Why was Sarah for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against the Bridge to Nowhere, and why was she for earmarks before she was against them? And doesnt all this make her just as big a flip-flopper as John Kerry?

What kind of fiscal conservative raises taxes and increases budgets in both her jobs — as mayor and as governor?

When the phone rings at 3 a.m., will she call the Wasilla Assembly of God congregation and ask them to pray on a response, as she asked them to pray for a natural gas pipeline?

Does she really think Adam, Eve, Satan and the dinosaurs mingled on the earth 5,000 years ago?

Why put out a press release about her teenage daughters pregnancy and then spend the next few days attacking the press for covering that press release?

As Troopergate unfolds here — an inquiry into whether Palin inappropriately fired the commissioner of public safety for refusing to fire her ex-brother-in-law — it raises this question: Who else is on her enemies list and what might she do with the F.B.I.?

Does she want a federal ban on trans fat in restaurants and a ban on abortion and Harry Potter? And which books exactly would have landed on the literature bonfire if she had had her way with that Wasilla librarian?

Just how is it that Fannie and Freddie have cost taxpayers money (since they havent yet)?

Does she talk in tongues or just eat caribou tongues?

What does she have against polar bears?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/opinion/10dowd.html?_r=1&oref=sloginbut

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[crappyuij7]

FUCK YEAH GO OBAMA YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!! McCain is a retarded fuck who picks a mother of 5 who doesn't even know what a VP does!!

[Xerxes4242]

I'm a conservative in Canada, yet there's no way I'd vote for McCain if I were American.

[charcharabc123]

If there's any celeb or rockstar politician it has to be Obama hands down. He goes on the View (what's is that all about) and he scream out "FIRED UP!?!? READY TO GO!!!??!!? FIRED UP!!!?!? READY TO GO!!?!? I've never seen any president act this way. if that doesnt scream rockstar idk what does.

so if anyone it's Obama who is the rockstar

[Freenetnow]

and this station is embarassing.....

[gombis666]

Olberman is a 57 year old menopausal woman trapped in a man's body.

[yoonisaykul]

shining stat

[TonyCook2012]

nasty little fuckers

[Smurfhat]

What's the song playing in the background when Will I Am was talking? lol ;>

[aquatania]

Dear Mrcharliebobo: You are truly a pathetic and sore loser. How dare you insult mine or anyone Else's military service with your (barely legible) commentary. Please go back to repairing the dents in your aluminum trailer, which you damaged (the night President Obama won the election) and leave the "real" patriots alone. While your at it, please return your mothers white sheets, she is rather sick of you playing KKK "wannabe" in them.