For the life of me I don't know why anybody serious is obsessing so much about Sarah Palin this week. This piece by Sullivan is simply silly. As if the future of the nation hinges on exposing what everybody with half a brain already knows.Honestly, who cares and why feed this media frenzy with a seriousness it simply does not deserve?
Palin represents a disease in the body politic, which for now, for all the fatuous attention it's getting, is in remission. It has no real power; it functions as a distraction. We need to monitor it, and we need to be careful about not creating the conditions that might trigger more serious symptoms to present acutely, but for now, there are just more important things to worry about than this airhead from Alaska and the 25% who think she's so wonderful. This is entertainment fodder for the media, not anything worth an erg of energy beyond that.