So this past weekend while watching Tina Fey do an absolutely amazing Sarah Palin on SNL, I learn that Wasilla is the meth capital of Alaska. Today, while perusing FiveThiryEight.com, I learn that while Palin was mayor of the town, rape victims were required to pay for their own forsenic tests. A practice only in […]

Without being smarmy about it or unfurling gotcha questions, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson demonstrated that he knows volumes more about national security and foreign policy than does Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
To say I was unimpressed with Palin’s performance would be an understatement. I didn’t know what to expect since she’s been on a […]

Today’s article, courtesy of Slate, on the topic of lipstick, pigs, and putting the two together.
McCain’s campaign perfects its outrage over sexism.
All campaigns must change in order to handle the arrival of a vice-presidential candidate. To accommodate Sarah Palin, John McCain’s Straight Talk Express has now installed a fainting couch. It’s not for the vice-presidential […]

Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain’s presidential bid, insisted that the presidential race will be decided more over personalities than issues during an interview with Post editors this morning.
“This election is not about issues,” said Davis. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”
Well obviously. Elections are […]

Has anyone noticed that Sarah Palin’s central claim to political fame is a fraud? She represents herself as a fiscal conservative who abhors pork-barrel projects and said no thanks to the “bridge to nowhere” — a $398 million span that would have linked Ketchikan, Alaska, to its airport across the Tongass Narrows. But as mayor […]