This Week in the Mercury
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
News Anticipating Palin's Speech
Posted by Matt Davis on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM
I don't know about you, but I haven't been able to think about anything else all day...will she make a fool of herself? Will she triumph? Will she mention Jesus? Teen pregnancy? Being under an ethics investigation? Will she clarify? Or further confuse? You can catch the speech live at 7pm Oregon Time, over on CNN, meanwhile excerpts reveal she's going on the attack...
"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities.""Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change."
Ouch. Notice the insertion of the words "I guess" and "sort of like" in that first ripper. I guess they sound sort of colloquial, or is it straight up nassty? I'm going with nassty. But sort of, suburban nassty.
I have a horrible feeling this woman is going to win the election. You?
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