I like how this is framed. It's obvious the media's not going to just spit out the truth and admit that she's a fucking idiot who has a scary, completely unjustified sense of self-confidence and the mere chance that she may become VP is a severe national security risk in itself.
But maybe it could get behind the meme that she's a future star, but "she's just not ready yet." It's obviously still a lie, but it's a better lie than the "tough-talkin', smart and sassy, reformer from Alaska" theme that's been the story ever since she was introduced.
Anyway, this is a good opinion piece:
While watching the Sarah Palin interview with Charlie Gibson Thursday night, and the coverage of the Palin phenomenon in general, I’ve gotten the scary feeling, for the first time in my life, that dimwittedness is not just on the march in the U.S., but that it might actually prevail.
How is it that this woman could have been selected to be the vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket? How is it that so much of the mainstream media has dropped all pretense of seriousness to hop aboard the bandwagon and go along for the giddy ride?
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Ms. Palin may be a perfectly competent and reasonably intelligent woman (however troubling her views on evolution and global warming may be), but she is not ready to be vice president.
With most candidates for high public office, the question is whether one agrees with them on the major issues of the day. With Ms. Palin, it’s not about agreeing or disagreeing. She doesn’t appear to understand some of the most important issues.
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Ms. Palin’s problem is not that she was mayor of a small town or has only been in the Alaska governor’s office a short while. Her problem (and now ours) is that she is not well versed on the critical matters confronting the country at one of the most crucial turning points in its history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/opinion/13herbert.html?em
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