It took less than one year for Sarah Palin to go from being the Governor of Alaska, to VP candidate for the GOP, to civilian. She knows how to whip a crowd of bigots into a frenzy, she knows how to be folksy, but apparently, even Fox News fans don't think she's fit to hold political office. They chose for her instead, the job of homemaker: (warning: link goes to Fox News)

About a third of Americans think the best job for Palin is homemaker (32 percent), while nearly one in five see her as a television talk show host (17 percent). Vice president of the United States comes in third (14 percent), followed closely by college professor (10 percent), with president coming last (6 percent).

College professor? I'm not touching that one. It's widely known that Palin is testing the talk radio waters, but so far she's not having much luck. Radio giant Clear Channel has already passed, saying she's not capable of sustaining a full three hour show. I'm sure she could easily talk for three hours, but man, I'd need a barrel full of painkillers to make it through.

Blue Gal chimes in: Assuming that Sarah Palin's proper job is "homemaker" may appear sexist, but the question itself was sexist. Looking at the raw data for the poll (warning, also a FOX link, but essential in determining how the questions were slanted) the ONLY choices given to respondents were those listed above: President, VP, talk show host, college professor, and homemaker. Democratic respondents clearly thought the question was a joke when 45% of them said "homemaker," in other words, "stay home, Sarah." I'd like to know why 10% of Republican respondents admitted they "don't know" what job would be best for her: comin' up empty, Mister Steele? I've always said, quite sincerely, that Sarah Palin would be a huge success on the Crystal Cathedral/Focus on the Family mega-church lecture circuit.

News8Austin:

Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards -- the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity died at her Austin home.

She was 73.

Richards died Wednesday night surrounded by her family after a battle with esophageal cancer, family spokeswoman Cathy Bonner said.

Here's a audio link of her 1998 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

During the campaign trail all I heard was that John Kerry was just another New England elitist fool. Liberals were just chock full of high octane elitism that percolated through their veins and you can't trust their American values. As I watch MTP this morning, I heard Dr. Richard Land, (who believes all women should be good little homemakers) make the same claim that Brit Hume has to back his boy to offset the conservative outcry over Harriet Miers.

Land: ...it has the scent and whiff of elitism.

Anyone detect a wee-bit of hypocrisy there? They will eat their own to protect Boy George.

Approximately Perfect

So why the fuck does Congress spring into action when Rafael Palmeiro fails a drug test, but when the president lies to get a war, eh, not so much with the caring and the questions??

Congress to get Palmeiro's results, investigate perjury

Seriously, what the fucking hell is going on in this country? Remember Bush's steroid State of the Union speech?

How the shit has this issue been elevated to such a level that the federal government can't keep its paws off it?

MDS had a great catch the other day on the Palmeiro issue. Bush -- gasp -- tried to protect one of his political benefactors and allies:

Keep reading and you see that the president -- who in the past has insisted that steroid users must be banished from sports -- now says that Rafael Palmeiro should be believed when he said he never used steroids, despite a positive steroid test to the contrary:
Approximately Perfect

So why the fuck does Congress spring into action when Rafael Palmeiro fails a drug test, but when the president lies to get a war, eh, not so much with the caring and the questions??

Congress to get Palmeiro's results, investigate perjury

Seriously, what the fucking hell is going on in this country? Remember Bush's steroid State of the Union speech?

How the shit has this issue been elevated to such a level that the federal government can't keep its paws off it?

MDS had a great catch the other day on the Palmeiro issue. Bush -- gasp -- tried to protect one of his political benefactors and allies:

Keep reading and you see that the president -- who in the past has insisted that steroid users must be banished from sports -- now says that Rafael Palmeiro should be believed when he said he never used steroids, despite a positive steroid test to the contrary:
"Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He testified in public and I believe him," Bush said, referring to Palmeiro's denials under oath to a congressional committee on March 17. "He's the kind of person that's going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn't use steroids, and I believe him. Still do."

And here's what infuriates me about the mainstream media. I've read and heard Bush's quote a dozen times already, but no one has bothered to point out that Palmeiro and his homemaker wife donated $8,000 to Bush's 2004 campaign. That's a very important part of the story: Why aren't reporters asking him whether he's going to send back the eight grand? It was given to him by a steroid-fueled player. Doesn't that taint the donation?

In short:

Steroids = HOLY FUCKING SHIT, WE CAN'T HAVE BASEBALL PLAYERS ON STEROIDS!@!!!!
Illegal war = Huh? What about the steroids in baseball???

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"Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He testified in public and I believe him," Bush said, referring to Palmeiro's denials under oath to a congressional committee on March 17. "He's the kind of person that's going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn't use steroids, and I believe him. Still do."

And here's what infuriates me about the mainstream media. I've read and heard Bush's quote a dozen times already, but no one has bothered to point out that Palmeiro and his homemaker wife donated $8,000 to Bush's 2004 campaign. That's a very important part of the story: Why aren't reporters asking him whether he's going to send back the eight grand? It was given to him by a steroid-fueled player. Doesn't that taint the donation?

In short:

Steroids = HOLY FUCKING SHIT, WE CAN'T HAVE BASEBALL PLAYERS ON STEROIDS!@!!!!
Illegal war = Huh? What about the steroids in baseball???