Coming This Fall

“   By early 1974, I was at a magazine in New York called New Times, brought there by my closest friend from the Richmond paper, Frank Rich. ... we hit upon the idea of resurrecting Bill Scott, now Senator Scott, as the subject of a cover story. We would call it “The Ten Dumbest Congressmen” and crown Scott “The King of Dumb.” Since I obviously couldn’t do essentially the same piece again, the assignment went to the magazine’s newly minted Washington correspondent, Nina Totenberg, and I gave her all my notes. She did a masterly job, not only hunting down new material on the hapless Scott but also including among her nine other victims a few Democrats, for “balance.” We could scarcely believe what came next. Scanning the masthead of this obscure little magazine and finding his old nemeses from the Mercury, the infuriated Scott called a press conference, thundering that this was all the doing of some left-wing kids from Richmond with an agenda—thereby turning it into a national story and confirming the thesis of the piece. Scott never lived it down—even his obituaries mentioned the controversy. But what was never noted—there or anywhere else—was that he was right. [Harry Stein- "How the Press Got Political"] ” OMFG!  She didn't use a teleprompter? Sarah Palin Uses Hand Notes To Defend Bush Tax Cuts On 'Fox News Sunday'

Today's Democrat Party is pretty much a Hollywood production.  Players have a script; they read their lines. Box office hits are reprised ad  nauseam.   Like all movies, especially clunkers, producers need critics to create a buzz. No problemo; these critics are part of the cast.  Sarah Palin is "BILL SCOTT IS BACK - XXXVII." Professional speakers, college professors, corporate pitch men, and school-boys calling for a prom date use notes.  So what's this big deal with Sarah using them? Especially since she's aware that the game is to catch her in a slip-up. Palin cites 10.5% unemployment Actually  10.4 Sarah Palin; Governor of Alaska. No experience.   Barack Obama (if that is his name);  lacking, not just experience,  but a life history?  The One We Have Been Waiting For!    Palin uses notes?  Hello.  Teleprompters? Even during elementary school appearances?   One of us is way, way stupid.  Guess.