Did you see the Charlie Gibson interview with Sarah Palin?
The pundits were promptly on the tube saying things like “she did all right, but you can tell she had been prompted and pumped full of information.”
Well, DUH. What politician goes for a national interview without being briefed (pumped full of information) and prompted (practiced with potential questions).
These are the same folks who said her acceptance speech as the Republican was “good, but, you know, she had good speech writers.”
Well DUH. Do not Democrats have good speech writers? If not, why not?
For the record, her teleprompter malfunctioned and she had to wing a lot of the talk.
During Gibson’s interview he accused her of having “hubris.” I had to look up the word. I thought it was something the Boss of House served on a cracker at a party one time. She corrected me that was “hummus.” Hubris means “overbearing pride or presumption or arrogance.”
Please show us a candidate for president, vice president, or county supervisor that doesn’t have a certain amount of hubris.
The pundits were fussing the next day because she had “never met a foreign head of state.” So what. I have never met the dictator of Venezuela, but I can tell you he is a bad dude not to be trusted. Frankly, I don’t want to meet him.
By the way, Mrs. Palin did that interview with Mr. Gibson and sent her son off to war all in the same 24-hour period. That’s a pretty full platter.
Go Hollywood!
Every political season several ultra-liberal, ultra-rich, between-job Hollywood types announce they are going to leave the country if the Republican candidate is elected. They do this to get media attention and to curry favor with their fellow travelers.
These are the same folks that criticize our SUVs for using too much gas while they sip champaign in private jets that measure fuel consumption by the second rather than by the mile.
There are two things wrong with these proclamations. First and foremost, none of them has ever left.
Secondly, people go to see their movies.
Advice to Obama
Mr. Obama, here are some phrases you might want to stay away from for the next couple of months.
When the weather gets colder, don’t use the phrase “It’s cold enough to kill hogs around here.”
Don’t talk about making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
Don’t make a reference to lipstick or swine of any kind.
Don’t say anything that Jeff Foxworthy might say.
Senatobia Democrat
9/16/8
h/t Just Me
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