beyond the palin

b1:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/palin-calls-criticism-blood-libel/

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K: 1. She's an idiot for using that phrase.

2. If her crosshairs map was meaningless, why did she (a) take it down
on Saturday and (b) laughably claim on Monday that they weren't
crosshairs but "surveyor's marks"?

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b1: i don't know. i don't follow her at all and i can't understand why
anyone else does either. being obsessed with the obnoxious kid in the
lunchroom isn't what makes him go away.

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K: Those obsessed with her don't want her to go away.

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b1: the phrase "blood libel" didn't mean anything to me before i read
that article. just like i didn't know what "jaimie town" was before
jesse jackson used it.

she's the best possible news for the left because she's an
easy-simplistic target that could never win a presidency.

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K: Yes. Probably.

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b1: republican minorities (including women) are a problem for democrats
because they raise cognitive dissonance with a party they perceive to be
inherently prejudiced.

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K: Don't overestimate Americans' intelligence.

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b1: i've never bought into the concept that americans are collectively
dumb.

no one ever lost a battle by assuming their enemy was *smarter* than
they actually were.