Maureen Dowd, who was unsparing in her treatments of Hillary Clinton, holds forth on Sarah Palin.
Excerpt:
Enthusiastic Republicans don’t see the choice of Palin as affirmative action, despite her thin résumé and gaping absence of foreign policy aknowledge, because they expect Republicans to put an underqualified “babe,” as Rush Limbaugh calls her, on the ticket. They have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West, like the previous Miss Congeniality types Dan Quayle and W., and then letting them learn on the job. So they crash into the globe a few times while they’re learning to drive, what’s the big deal?
Meanwhile Politico, which posted an editorial critical of McCain’s choice of Palin, tells us that the piece was, well, not well received by McCain supporters reading them.
Excerpt:
Rarely have we been flooded with more e-mail, the most generous of which suggested we are dimwits, and much of it calling us names not fit to print. It was an especially stark example of something that in America’s polarized political culture is a common phenomenon: reporters and activists viewing the same facts through radically different prisms.
Locally, I attended the Bob Duff community barbecue, met some of the local folks, exchanged pleasantries with the next Congressman from CT04; and enjoyed the fantastic weather.
Tomorrow is the Labor Day parade in Newtown, held annually since 1962, the largest if not the only event of its kind in the state; with a cast of thousands and featuring Governor Rell, Congressman Murphy (depending on the status of his wife’s pregnancy), Constitutional Officers Dick Blumenthal, Susan Bysiewicz, Nancy Wyman (maybe), and Denise Nappier (occasionally); and more perfect late summer weather.
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