Sarah Palin and the Bush Doctrine

I saw this quote in John Cole's Balloon Juice blog and had to share:

And Sarah Palin is the distilled essence of wingnut. She has it all. She is dishonest. She is a religious nut. She is incurious. She is anti-science. She is inexperienced. She abuses her authority. She hides behind executive privilege. She is a big spender. She works from the gut and places a greater value on instinct than knowledge.

Pretty good summary, eh?

You Know You're In Trouble When ...

... you're the vice-presidential candidate for the Republican Party, with a strong record of family values rhetoric and related moral superiority, and you have to announce that your 17-year old daughter is unmarried and pregnant.

You know you're REALLY in trouble when you have to make the announcement in order to rebut rumors that you already covered for her by pretending to have delivered a child in April because THAT child was hers.