Palin was sniff, brittle, Coulter-light (full of poison snark...just as bitter) but without much of a brain or original thought. She read well but she communicated nothing about herself, her style of leadership beyond what was written for her. This is why the far right loves her...she's a lap dog with fangs. She'll do anything the far right says and without question.

It's the lack of independent thought that's scary...and I assume that's why the far right likes her...she's a she-male version of W. Brainless, clueless, anti-intellectual, god fearing and if she's actually in charge...we're in far greater trouble then W.

I believe the Lord Jesus and God himself would have trouble voting for her.

The comedians, SNL, etc. are licking their chops...lets hope they don't get wimpy because the target is large and juicy.

Godspeed to Joe Biden. I hope he doesn't hold back.

She's the kind of woman John McCain would call a *unt, like he called his wife.

...the kind of woman John McCain would call a *unt, like he did his wife.

$150 bucks to shoot and kill wolves out of airplanes? What kind of nutty place is AK and who's the nut running it? Is this the stuff of VP leadership?

I mean WTF. Not only does it sound like a waste of public funds but it is completely unsporting (i.e., un-American) and inhumane. But hey, this is the party that brought you the current VP - a man who shot a friend in the face while shooting "ducks in a barrel". What do you FREAKIN' expect?

If wolves are truly a a threat there has to be a less costly and less drastic and inhumane was to address the situation.

Oh yeah, right...humane, costly and reasonable aren't of concern to right wing ideologues when it comes to getting their gun rocks off.

The only thing I can add to the whole Palin debacle is George W. Bush is smiling because indeed...someone nuttier, more fundie and totally out there has stepped up and made him look good.

My god, there is someone worse then W and she might be one heart beat away behind a 73 y.o. man with known health issues.

Jesus H. Christ. Just say NO.

...you know, not that there's anything wrong with that. The irony and kinkiness however isn't lost on anyone.

Any way the way to dress down Palin and flip her from a dom to a sub is use her radical right wing record (most of it on video tape) and hyper-extreme religious baloney like a whip and butt plug.

This list is long from the Iraq War is God's task Jesus talk nonsense to her anti-feminist stance.

For the Dems to win they must keep Obama on message about the economy and jobs AND turn a full S/M trick on Palin and thus McCain.

Make McCain the old man perv in diapers and Palin the switch who ultimately grovels for approval. That's right, flip the dom..and make the Puritanical evangelicals twist in the wind with her.

Yes it's good that Salon even gives Obama's speech coverage, unlike the mainstream press. Still considering this is a real meat and potatoes issues and effects the average person greatly...it's beyond me why it's buried.

Perhaps you at Salon have already begun deeper pieces and analysis and we'll see them soon...however if you have not, you really need to get on it.

Some hard analysis and a history lesson on the whole deregulation boondoggle would be a great start. Then some depth on the Keating scandal that featured John McCain would be a nice follow up.

Barrack Obama is absolutely right on this one. The continual deregulation and bailout is nothing short of looting.

Com'n Salon, this is a softball pitch that you should be hitting out of the park on first call.

The uncovering of the dirt and muck is warranted because, holy crap, this woman could be and might be a heart beat away from being the POTUS.

Think about that for a second, McCain kicks the bucket and we have -- Sarah Louise Heath Palin, President of the United States.

That's a frightening and quite disturbing thought, and you should be scared. If Sarah Palin is ever POTUS, she's going to make George Walker Bush look like Einstein, Churchill and Roosevelt all rolled into one.

BTW, the neo-cons and far right fringe look forward to Sarah Palin being POTUS on the simple premise that their mission isn't to make government work, but instead to destroy it. Who better then a mayor from a small town in a state with 650k population to do this? Yeah, be scared.

Keep up the muck raking Salon...the possibility of Palin in office warrants it.

Bringing up real talking points however is a noble cause and should be commented.

Given the complete and utter plundering the U.S. faces if John McCain and Sarah Palin take office, I believe legislation should be introduced where people's votes are tied to who they vote for.

That's right...vote for W (or another clown) and you own a chunk of the $9 trillion dollar debt. Call it merit based voting or responsibility based voting.

Indeed, if the Palin turn-on-your-own pattern continues, McCain will have 6 knives in his back if he gets to be POTUS...delivered by Sarah Barracuda or her extreme right, neo-con henchmen like Rove. He won't see it coming but in the end, the American people will pay dearly.