Countdown on another Palin gaffe

This past week, both campaigns swapped gaffes - Biden on how Obama, if elected will be tested (but, to be fair, his quote did get cut off by the corporate media); McCain had too many to mention here (but I'll talk about a few individually); and most notably, Sarah Palin showed her rank ignorance about the job that she's campaigning for.

A few nights ago, Keith Olbermann did a pretty nice round-up of Palin's outrageously (and tragically) funny misstatements about the vice presidency. Whether you like Olbermann or not, Palin's remarks are there for all to see and hear, and they are not comforting. We all know that McCain will be the oldest president in history on inauguration day if he's elected, and he's been less than forthright about his medical history (more on that in a separate post as well). To have this woman sitting in the chair of power in the Oval Office is truly a terrifying thought.

It is pretty remarkable that she's so clueless about what the vice president's responsibilities are. I'm probably insulting a few people as I write this, and I don't care - it's pretty clear to me by now that most of the people who support her fall into two categories:

1. Rabidly pro-life, who will vote for anyone who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, and

2. People who support her based on her appearance and her breathtakingly dumb soundbites and attack lines on Obama

Either way, superficiality seems to be the name of the game, in most instances. I don't think either group is going to carry the day for McCain and Palin.

Even her "hockey mom" persona isn't genuine - not after it was revealed that $150,000 in campaign cash was spent on clothes for her during the campaign. Zoinks! Another Repube politician who doesn't mind spending other people's money - clearly the McCain campaign is embarrassed by this revelation. Of course, almost immediately after this story hit the wires, the McCain campaign released a statement saying that "the clothes will be donated to charity," with the implication that that was the plan all along. If you believe that one, I've got some preferred stock in Enron you might be interested in purchasing.