Worse Than a Female George Dubya?

This is beyond scary to even think about, but so too is this:





















This, however, is just funny:

"Fox News, a channel generally flattering in its coverage of the "Palin phenomenon", reported that aides were astonished when they learned she was unaware that Africa was not a country but a whole continent.

She was also said to be unable to name the countries that belong to the North American Free Trade Agreement: the US, Mexico and Canada.

Unnamed McCain advisers, their ire no longer constrained by campaign discipline, complained that the Alaskan Governor had been unco-operative. The New York Times reported the McCain circle was angry about her decision to speak to someone she thought was French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but was, in fact, a Canadian radio DJ playing a prank."

But is this fair?

"She has become the most mocked bird in American political history. But the longer the mocking goes on, the more I do care. Somehow I can't help being niggled by the fact that if she were a man, the hysteria being whipped up by comedy writers and the commentariat about her shortcomings just wouldn't be happening. Not to this degree, that's for sure.

Palin is not the first ill-experienced or ill-equipped person to run for high political office. The big difference is that these people are usually men and they are never — repeat never — subjected to the same scrutiny or reduced to the same kind of personal attacks as women."

Yeah, right. What Palin has been subjected to via the media, internet and, frankly, conversations among people in general is because she is a joke.

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JAG