re: #64 Obdicut

I think you’re making a completely ridiculous claim, then. Hell, just his reversal of the stem-cell ban is a move with actual substance to it.

You seem very, very intent on using this story to somehow slam Obama, and it’s a big, big, big stretch to do so.

The story points up the undeniable fact that our current political culture, such as it is, rewards, rather than punishes, this type of folly and stupidity. If Palin were seeking office, or in office, these associations would be interesting, important, and even noteworthy. As it is, it’s politcal trivia on a par with celebrity gossip and the running count of Tiger Woods’ mistresses.

In the last go around, we had, as noted earlier, little more than the dance of the shiny objects. BHO and Palin are two sides of the same phoney-baloney coin; the Coke and Pepsi of image-driven politics.