Is there anyone awake at McCain campaign headquarters?

Seriously, do they have adult supervision there? Forget the immortal "the candidate was not speaking for the campaign" bit, this is better.

A scant day or so ago, with much fanfare, McCain introduced Gov. Sarah Palin as his choice for the office of Vice President of the United States. Within hours, we all knew that she was under an ethics cloud, and now we see that earlier this month, on her own official webpage, she praised Senator Obama's energy plan!

August 4, 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin today responded to the energy plan put forward by the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

“I am pleased to see Senator Obama acknowledge the huge potential Alaska’s natural gas reserves represent in terms of clean energy and sound jobs,” Governor Palin said. “The steps taken by the Alaska State Legislature this past week demonstrate that we are ready, willing and able to supply the energy our nation needs.”

The page is purged now, of course, but Google never forgets!

How in the hell do they miss this? Your short list selection for the Veep praised the opponent's policy? On her official site? Never mind we're learning how badly she screwed the pooch running a town of 6,000, never mind she vocally supports hunting wolves from helicopters (something even my hunter friends find disgusting,) she is on record praising the opponent! That should have kicked her off the list immediately! I can only wonder who is in charge here, because it seems like nobody did any vetting, like say reading an Alaskan newspaper where the ethics charges are front page news.

Being a West Wing geek, I'm imagining the meltdown Toby would have over this.

Interesting...

Did y'all know there's one survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic still out there? Millvina Dean was two months old on that Night To Remember.

So, anyone want to vet my resume?

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Good Grief!

For Better of For Worse, a comic I grew up with, ended its run of original strips today! The story of the Patterson family, starting with John and Ellie raising their two young kids, went from being a typical comic strip to an epic set of story arcs as everyone grew. What did they cover? Deaths of loved ones, coming out as gay to friends and family, love, loss, rape, losing a beloved pet, finding yourself, redemption, late in life children and even later marriages, cross-generational issues, people with learning disabilities, First Nations issues, jerky boyfriends, jealous wives, good and bad in-laws, and everything else that makes up a life. Lynn Johnston always said she'd end the strip when Michael, the elder Patterson child, had kids about the age he and Elizabeth (known as Lizard Breath to old-time fans) were when the strip started. Well, we've reached that point, and the final arc, uniting Elizabeth and her rediscovered flame Anthony in marriage, was perfect.

The word is she's going to run the entire thing over again, updating the art, but I don't think I'll read it. First of all, it's like watching a mystery for the second time. Secondly, we have too many old comics cluttering up the increasingly competitive pages. I wish people would realize that there is no law requiring them to run Peanuts. Bring in some good, fresh stuff like Pearls Before Swine