Palling Around...

With Terrorists...? That is so weak! I'm sorry, but Candidate Palin And Others... are so far out of bounds. What purpose is served by this sort of comment: "'...he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country,' Palin told a group of donors in Englewood, Colo. A deliberate attempt to smear Obama, McCain's ticket-mate echoed the line at three separate events Saturday." (DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, AP, Oct 6). This from a person who "pals around" with corrupt politicians (I know, I know), like Sen. Ted Stevens "Stevens, 84, is charged with lying on senate financial disclosure forms about more than $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts from oil pipeline magnate Bill Allen." (Alaska Daily News, Oct. 5). And worse; she's "palling around" with a Separatist! Yes, if, that is, "palling around" is how you'd describe her relationship with Husband Todd Palin, who "...was a member of the (Alaska Independence) party for seven years (Los Angeles Times, Sep. 3). Be that as it may... It's pretty clear that Obama's Terrorist, a University of Chicago professor, is far more accomplished than Palin's Separatist, a snowmobile racer (or am I being an Elitist?).
I gotta say, I thought she did much better when she simply spouted a lot of sense-free (and often grammar-free) platitudinous stump commentary. She did it so well. But piling purposelessness on top of senselessness to try to reach the White House is like the Titans trying to reach Olympus by piling Ossa on Pelion (yes, that's where the saying comes from). Two Thumbs Down RNC campaign.