There is no question that Palin is one of the country's biggest celebrities, if not the biggest...

Indeed. Which is pretty ironic, given the effort McCain made to ridicule Obama for being a celebrity.

anderson:

Is anyone else a little tired of commenters who routinely lie like rugs out of contempt for the rest of us? Or is it just me?

I think roughly 52.7% of the voters have expressed how they feel about certain persons and groups "who routinely lie like rugs out of contempt for the rest of us."

I keep hearing this meme, but I don't recall any particular episodes of insight into energy policy during the campaign. Did I miss something, or is this just a variation of the knowledge via proximity meme?
Funny thing is I never really heard anyone ask her about it either. Kind of hard to provide answers, when all the interviewers want to know what magazines you read and whether or not your baby is really your daughters.

JM: She was never troubled to answer the questions she was asked.

JKB,
I completely disagree, I think if anything she needs to go on the DailyShow, Stewart is highly partisan, but he will give her a chance to be likable to a young Democratic audience. Palin needs to laugh off 2008, not repeat it.

Agreed. She needs to show that she is not afraid of parody.

What she is truly in need of, is showing the ability to govern a state. Ergo, she should do Jon Stewart, and Leno, etc, and get back to the bussiness of running her state. People will see her as a competent conservative (how many of them have we seen of late?) and not a sore loser.

Is anyone else a little tired of commenters who routinely lie like rugs out of contempt for the rest of us?

Or is it just me?

No.
The first was government involvement.... in energy, (EPA, TRansportation dept, energy dept, NTSB, and so on) and in Fannie and Freddie.

This theory of yours, that government involvement is significantly less during times of prosperity, doesn't reconcile with reality.

I would also argue the steep rise in energy prices was the first domino to fall leading to a cascade of problems including home mortgage failures, the stock market decline, and pretty much all of our economic ills.

No.
The first was government involvement.... in energy, (EPA, TRansportation dept, energy dept, NTSB, and so on) and in Fannie and Freddie.

However, that shouldn't happen till the middle or late 2009 after the young democrats are well disillusioned with their messiah.

You and Bit keep singing that tinny Halleueh Chorus. In the meantime, the rest of us will watch the internal combustion of the late, great Republican Party. John McCain impalined himself and, from the looks of things, the whole GOP may follow suit. Oh, and I'd say she should stay away from turkeys (and not the kind a change in party affiliation would effect).

when all the interviewers want to know what magazines you read and whether or not your baby is really your daughters

There was an interviewer who asked her that latter question? Really? Tell us about it.

I don't recall any particular episodes of insight into energy policy during the campaign

It's not just that she failed to say smart things about energy. It's that she said multiple dumb things about energy.

I was thinking about it from the point of view of giving them a ratings bump but I can see your point.

However, that shouldn't happen till the middle or late 2009 after the young democrats are well disillusioned with their messiah.

Funny thing is I never really heard anyone ask her about it either. Kind of hard to provide answers, when all the interviewers want to know what magazines you read and whether or not your baby is really your daughters.

I keep hearing this meme, but I don't recall any particular episodes of insight into energy policy during the campaign. Did I miss something, or is this just a variation of the knowledge via proximity meme?

I've been having this same thought for months now. I would love for someone to post a clip where Palin sounds like some authority on the issue, but other than a few rambling statements I haven't seen any evidence that she knows anymore than any of the other candidates in this election cycle on energy. At this point this meme seems to be a pretty empty judgment based upon her proximity to oil fields (Russia anyone?).

And Bithead, you should stop taking comedic lessons from 12 year old's. ZOMG!!!

Funny things about stars: they tend to burn out rather quickly.

Does that include Barry O, in your view?

(Snicker)