I HAD A WHOLE POST written inspired by Captain Joy’s very smart comment in the comments, but then it occurred to me:

Gov. Palin’s selection amounts to McCain TROLLING the debate.

HER OPEN APPEAL to former Hillary voters is classic disingenuous CONCERN TROLLING.

AND HER SELECTION tempts us into a quicksand debate of relative experience in which we’ll all sink in a panicky writhe of circular arguments and counter-accusations.

GOV. PALIN is a remarkable and accomplished person. But every anxiety she provokes (in both parties) as a shadow president to an aging man–and the doubts her selection sows regarding McCain’s own judgment and priorities–are self evident.

There is no reason to get bogged down in the comments, all snared up in the bottom of the thread.

RATHER, it’s better to take a cue from Obama’s second comment, in which he dials back his campaign’s own initial reaction. Because he seems to know the first rule about trolls, which is:

DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.

THAT SAID, you really should read Cpt. Joy’s very smart comment here.

UPDATE: Thank you, KARNAS, for pointing out my egregious error.

That is all.

I HAD A WHOLE POST written inspired by Captain Joy’s very smart comment in the comments, but then it occurred to me:

Gov. Palin’s selection amounts to McCain TROLLING the debate.

HER OPEN APPEAL to former Hillary voters is classic disingenuous CONCERN TROLLING.

AND HER SELECTION tempts us into a quicksand debate of relative experience in which we’ll all sink in a panicky writhe of circular arguments and counter-accusations.

GOV. PALIN is a remarkable and accomplished person. But every anxiety she provokes (in both parties) as a shadow president to an aging man–and the doubts her selection sows regarding McCain’s own judgment and priorities–are self evident.

There is no reason to get bogged down in the comments, all snared up in the bottom of the thread.

RATHER, it’s better to take a cue from Obama’s second comment, in which he dials back his campaign’s own initial reaction. Because he seems to know the first rule about trolls, which is:

DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.

THAT SAID, you really should read Cpt. Joy’s very smart comment here.

UPDATE: Thank you, KARNAS, for pointing out my egregious error.

That is all.

ONE THING THAT IS TRUE ABOUT MCCAIN’S VP SELECTION of Sarah Palin,

AND SOMETHING Democrats are perhaps unused to,

IT REVEALS just how much Obama/Biden are in charge of this conversation.

That is all.

ONE THING THAT IS TRUE ABOUT MCCAIN’S VP SELECTION of Sarah Palin,

AND SOMETHING Democrats are perhaps unused to,

IT REVEALS just how much Obama/Biden are in charge of this conversation.

That is all.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED my live feed on Twitter from HODG*CON 08,

YOU CAN RELIVE THE MAGIC through this amazing album of photos I took in the main hall.

That is all.