The Palin Project

Last night I watched my new guilty pleasure on Bravo, The Rachel Zoe Project, and I thought: THIS is the example I was looking for. The democratic equivalent to Sarah Palin.  Someone who would horrify the right as much as Palin horrifies the left (and anyone with half a brain.) Then I saw the interview where Palin said she "reads everything" because she was unable to think of one magazine or periodical she followed regularly,  and it occurred to me at least Rachel Zoe probably reads Italian Vogue, Elle Decor and Vanity Fair, and certainly the Style section of the New York Times.  Not to mention is friends with Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen.  Come to think of it, I don't know why Obama chose someone like Joe Biden, who's been around since I've been in kindergarten, instead of a woman who can make Jennifer Garner look like royalty on the Red Carpet. What was he thinking?

And then listening to McCain try to claim she's highly qualified!  His logic contorts more than Natasha Lukin's on the balance beam.  I think she'd have to talk about tracking down Saddam Hussein in the hills of Indonesia for the far right to abandon her at the point, but I do think that middle 20% that goes back and forth may finally be getting a little leery of Illiterate Barbie.

As for the bailout, Dennis Kucinch pointed out the absolute illogic of borrowing $700 billion from banks to turn around and give right back to banks.  I caught him on Rachel Maddow, but you can read his reasoning here.

MCO 2008