Postby dolfan » January 20th, 2009, 6:25 am
That was pretty funny. All the pundits just smiled about it, and dismissed it as irrelevant (which, it is). BUT, (and I know I'm inviting counterpoint) I doubt there would have been that polite reaction had they been Republicans.
I can see them saying on Hardball or whatever, "On the eve of the inauguration of the Republican president John McCain, evidence of backroom deals and doubt about Sarah Palin as the wife of Secretary of State nominee ______ reveals that John McCain offered the vice presidency to Senator/Governor/Ambassador ____ prior to naming Palin as his running mate. What does this mean for the working relationship between President-Elect McCain and his vice president, Sarah Palin?"
First talking head: "Well, I think it demonstrates what we've known all along, that a Vice President Palin was added to the ticket to motivate conservative base voters, and that she lacks the experience and gravitas to actually govern. I think this revelation does not bode well for her political future."
And so on.
Human government bears the same relation to hell as the church bears to heaven. (David Lipscomb, On Civil Government, 72).