Sarah Palin: "Thank you, president Bush"

Sarah Palin was as classy and generous as ever in Colorado last night:



President Bush made it all possible:



He wasn't too sure about which enemy he was after:



The guy Sarah Palin admires so much is a monument to sensitivity:

Open thread - Monday

Reader Shapeshifterbelly sent in this joke:


Friendship among Women

A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning
she told her husband that she had slept over at a
friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best
friends. None of them knew anything about it.



Friendship among Men

A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he
told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's
house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends.
Eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was still there.

Thank you, Shapeshifter. Good one!

Sarah Palin should choke on her own words

Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign:



President Obama, shortly after taking office:



Sarah Palin told the National Tea Party Convention:

"We need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at the lectern."

Sarah Palin told Greta Van Susteren last week:

“We cannot afford our commander-in-chief, our CEO to” to not focus on his job."

She tweeted on April 8:



Osama bin Laden was killed, the Commander in Chief announced last night. The appalling Commander in Chief kept his promise.



Somebody forgot to include him in her thank you tweet:



Our reader austintxx posted this picture, which says it all:



(H/T to Austin and Curiouser)

Reader M found another Sarah Palin little pearl of wisdom in one of her Facebook notes:

"Mr. President, your hesitation and vacillation in the Middle East breed uncertainty. It’s symptomatic of the puzzling way you govern."

Open thread - Sunday

Learning languages is all the rage at the moment, but there are pitfalls...

What if Katie Couric Asked Sarah Palin Some Gotcha Questions About the Wild Ride?

Let's imagine for a moment that Katie Couric actually managed to have a final interview with Sarah Palin:

Couric: What steps did you take to ensure the safety of your unborn child with special needs? What resources helped shape your decisions about it?

Palin: Any of them, all of them that were put in front of me. It's not like we don't have hospitals in Alaska. Alaska is microcosm of the United States and we have resources and know all the steps, like the rest of the country.

Couric: You cut short your stay at the conference to embark on the wild ride. What do you have to say about that?


Palin: Like every American I speaking with, we're ill about this. What this wild ride does is help those who are concerned about the health of the mother and the precious unborn child. It's got to be about job creation too, all the nurses and doctors... Also to shore up the stories my dad put out there, so reining in loose talk and creating health and jobs, all under the umbrella of lame excuses, this wild ride is a part of that.



Couric: Your dad said you were leaking amniotic fluid. Can you give me an example of when it's appropriate not to seek immediate medical attention?

Palin: Everybody knows he's a maverick and trying to get people to understand what he's talking about. I can give you examples of what my dad has done, that shows his foresight and pragmatism.

Couric: Can you give me some concrete examples of what I asked you? Not to belabour the point, do you have any examples of when it's appropriate not to seek medical attention in those circumstances?

Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to ya.

The Wild Ride