The folly of the GOP

"Drill baby drill"

"If we lost the war in Iraq, who won? Al Qaeda? Bin Laden?"

Why do the Republicans believe that chanting USA makes them more American? Why do they believe that chanting "Drill baby drill" is the answer to our energy crisis. Since when did we decide, and confirm, that Al Qaeda and Bin Laden had anything to do with the reason we went to war in Iraq?

How is Sarah Palin the most popular governor in America, when she governs a state with fewer people than New York City, or Los Angeles, or Chicago, or Houston, or Philadelphia, or Phoenix, or San Antonio, or San Diego, or Dallas, or San Jose, or Detroit, or Indianapolis, or Jacksonville, or San Francisco, or Columbus, or Austin?

Let us reflect. Sarah Palin was mayor of a town of 6000. She believes that the Alaskan Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be tapped for our energy needs, when Alaskans themselves, with all of their wind and water resources, are not energy independent. She thinks that women, even in the cases of rape and incest, should not be given the option of choosing whether or not to have a baby. She thinks that sex education isn't important. Abstinence only, she teaches. Ah - it seems to have worked well within her family. She believes that creationism and intelligent design deserve a place in the science curricula of the schools.

Oh - and can we turn to the names of her children? Track. Bristol. Piper. Willow. Trig.
Is she on crack? Is that what they taught during her renowned educational pathway to the governorship? Hawaii Pacific College, North Idaho College and the University of Idaho?

Did she just say, on national television, that her husband is quite a package? Did she just compare herself to a pitbull?

Sarah Palin is against tax increases. In fact, in her large and prosperous state, she reduced taxes. But then, they receive federal subsidies and oil revenues. So, really, she was governor of a frozen Dubai.