| McCain Chooses Palin As Running Mate |
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| Policy - Election '08 |
| Sunday, 31 August 2008 21:49 |
I was rather bemused when I saw the weekend headlines announcing "McCain chooses Palin" as his running mate for his doomed campaign for the presidency this year - surely Michael Palin isn"t eligible, was the first thought that ran through my head. Unfortunately my misgivings were correct, and instead of a decent British comedian livening up the proceedings McCain has lumbered us with a mooseburger munching minion of the oil companies from Alaska. Ho hum... Mind you, Billmon thinks Ms Palin has enough skeletons in the closet that there will be a media feeding frenzy before too long, dubbing her "shark bait" (though he had the good grace to avoid mentioning this little theory). Meanwhile, Bob Morris reports that a permaculture bus is the latest to suffer a shakedown from the goons minding the RNC convention, and Bruce has a few chuckles with an anarchist group whose building got boarded up (to the dismay of the city council), quipping "Come and see the violence inherent in the system". Extra points to readers who get the final Palin reference (and yes, I know the image doesn"t show him)... |