1. I shouldn't be surprised that George Butch, Jr. once again tied 9/11 and Iraq together in yesterday's speech dedicating the Pentagon memorial.
2. I also shouldn't be surprised by this excerpt (taken from THE HUFFINGTON POST; THE DRUDGE REPORT is displaying positive spins) from the Charles Gibson/Sarah Palin summit meeting. Dan Quayle wasn't removed from the GOP ticket after Lloyd Bentsen exposed Quayle's limitations two decades ago--and Palin, for all her don't-know-enough-but-I'm-energizing-the-base-that-votes-for-guts-not-brains provincialism, won't be going anywhere either:
GIBSON: But this is not just reforming a government. This is also running a government on the huge international stage in a very dangerous world. When I asked John McCain about your national security credentials, he cited the fact that you have commanded the Alaskan National Guard and that Alaska is close to Russia. Are those sufficient credentials?
PALIN: But it is about reform of government and it's about putting government back on the side of the people, and that has much to do with foreign policy and national security issues Let me speak specifically about a credential that I do bring to this table, Charlie, and that's with the energy independence that I've been working on for these years as the governor of this state that produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy, that I worked on as chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, overseeing the oil and gas development in our state to produce more for the United States.
GIBSON: I know. I'm just saying that national security is a whole lot more than energy.
Tell that to our current Vice President.
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