Bill Kristol generally and typically has a lot of ludicrous, self-serving and, at times, incredibly silly stuff in his weekly New York Times column.
However, this morning’s column, “A Heartbeat Away,” takes the cake.
Not only does he ignore and contradict everything he has ever said about Barack Obama—in order to make McCain’s choice of Palin a little less aPalin’ (sorry, that should be appalling)—but he also uses the most pathetic examples, allegories and comparisons to try to make his “unmakeable” case.
For example, this is one of the great reasons—according to Kristol—that McCain picked Palin:
McCain did not just pick a politician who could appeal to Wal-Mart Moms. He picked a Wal-Mart Mom. Indeed, he picked someone who, in 1999, as Wasilla mayor, presided over a wedding of two Wal-Mart associates at the local Wal-Mart. “It was so sweet,” said Palin, according to The Anchorage Daily News. “It was so Wasilla.”
That is really “sweet,” and smart, too. To pick a Mom that allegedly shops at a store replete with right-wing policies and ideas; a store that matches Palin’s own extreme right-wing philosophy. Of course, McCain would not have picked a “Whole Foods Mom” (God forbid, an eco-friendly store…), or a “Ben and Jerry’s Mom,” (too much of that “community organizer” and community work crap there). One must also wonder if the chic pit bull ever bought her lipstick at Wal-Mart.
More on Kristol’s brilliant piece later…after I stop laughing.
The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.