Not a real librarian
-Gov. Bullwinkle was a dope again-
Sarah Palin sat down for an interview with a local TV station yesterday and proceeded to demonstrate why she doesn't sit down for interviews. Speaking with KUSA, a station in Colorado, Palin answered questions sent in by grade school kids. Unfortunately, the moose lady got one wrong.
Q: Brandon Garcia wants to know, “What does the Vice President do?”
PALIN: That’s something that Piper would ask me! … [T]hey’re in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.
Piper hell, you'd think that'd be something someone in the McCain campaign might ask her -- just to make sure she knew before they sent her off to do a Q&A for kids at a local TV station.
The VP, as many of you who had the benefit of not being educated by Sarah Palin might remember, votes to break ties in the Senate. Since two senators are sent from each state, the number's always even -- a 50/50 split is always a possibility. As far as the VP's other Senatorial responsibilities go... Well, there aren't any. OK, it's a little more complicated than that, but not much. The Constitution says, "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided."
"President of the Senate" is a largely ceremonial position, mostly meaning you sit behind the president with the Speaker of the House and applaud during the State of the Union.
Dick Cheney to the contrary, the vice president's main job is to wait for the president to die. That's pretty much it. A funeral here, an ambassador there, but it's mostly benchwarming. So sayeth yon Constitution.
The moral of the story is don't judge a book by its cover. Just because the lady looks like a stereotypical librarian doesn't mean she knows jack. (Think Progress)
-Headline of the day-
"Embattled GOP lawmaker denies 'anti-American' accusations."
Anti-American Minnesota congress critter Michelle Bachman, the most clinically insane member of the House of Representatives, denies accusing Democrats in congress of being as anti-American as she is.
In an interview with Chris Matthews, Bachman said, "What I would say -- what I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think people would love to see an expose like that."
The problem with her denial is that -- as demonstrated above -- she said it. It's on freakin' tape, for chrissake.
Of course, the reason Bachman's busy trying to take it back is because it's been a goldmine for her opponent. Elwyn Tinklenberg -- who, despite the name, is not a character from Lord of the Rings -- raised $450,000 in the 24 hours following Michelle's statement.
"Momentum has been going our way, but her appearance and what she said on Hardball just sort of accelerated this fire that has been lit under our campaign already," said Tinklenberg spokesperson John Wodele. That figure continues to grow.
Asked for comment, Rep. Michelle Bachman did the wisest thing and shut the hell up for once in her life. (Raw Story)
-About that "race is closing" stuff...-
Obama's up 14 points in the latest Pew poll.
Golly, I wonder why? (MinnPost.com)
