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BROOKHISER SHOWS HOW PUNDITS MISS THE POINT
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... Rick Brookhiser is a very smart and very nice guy. But he can be more than a little obtuse. Over at the Corner, he makes this observation about Senator McCain's choice of Governor Palin: We have shown the same color-by-numbers mindset that liberals did when they rallied to Obama. Liberals love Obama because he is a Numinous Negro. Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16. For both sides, that is all on earth ye know and all ye need to know. You might call it mystical and ...

Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... .” *“Liberals love Obama because he is a Numinous Negro. Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16 .” Blowback Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our ...

alicublog — ... Palin has negotiated placement of a gas pipeline through Canada and is "commander of the Alaskan National Guard," and that her state is located near Russia.) This is certainly part of National Review's constituent service -- that is, a show of responsiveness to the right-wing nuts who write them letters. The magazine is a lightning rod for folks who have become aware that some high-end vendors of conservative guff -- including a few in the Review's own pages --have decided to defend their own long-term prospects as such ...

I Would Have Gone With ‘Peripatetic Porch Monkey’
Sadly, No! — Rick Brookhiser on Teh Corner: We have shown the same color-by-numbers mindset that liberals did when they rallied to Obama. Liberals love Obama because he is a Numinous Negro. Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16. For both sides, that is all on earth ye know and all ye need to know. You might call it mystical and childish. H/t: Amy Alkon (ha!) ...

The readiness question
Betsy's Page — Sunday, August 31, 2008 The readiness question Having been out of it for the past day and a half with a reaction to a new medicine I haven't had much energy for doing anything more than cruising around the web and reading reactions to McCain's pick of Governor Palin to be his running mate. Several conservatives from David Frum to Richard Brookhiser to Charles Krauthammer have voiced concern about whether she is really ready to be commander-in-chief. I had several responses to that. Originally, I rather agreed with their reservations and thought that she ...

You're Wrong, Rick.
Little Miss Attila — You're Wrong, Rick. And at least one of the following is true : 1) You don't know much about Sarah Palin; 2) You see Affirmative Action lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce and undermine Conservatism, the GOP, and the War on Terror possibly all in one fell swoop; 3) You're a bit of a sexist; or 4) When you look at a bakery cake, all you can see is frosting.

Sunday Open Thread
JustOneMinute — ... rest of year). I don't have confidence in his selection process, I don't like the result, I have a hard time believing this is the way he will pick a Cabinet and staff the executive branch, I don't like surrendering the "inexperienced" card with the idea of out "hope and changing" Barack - let's say I don't like it. Oh, well - maybe this pick is killing 'em in the heartland. I would think Ms. Palin would have good working class and evangelical appeal. Next thread - Gustav. MORE: OUCH . Well, I could cherry-pick negative reaction all afternoon.

Some Conservatives Air Concerns Over Palin
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... "Either McCain thinks the war on terror isn't serious, or he thinks the vice-presidency isn't," Brookhiser argues. "We have shown the same color-by-numbers mindset that liberals did when they rallied to Obama. Liberals love Obama because he is a Numinous Negro. Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16. For both sides, that is all on earth ye know and all ye need to know. You might call it mystical and childish. May I be so wrong that a hundred harpies will pluck my eyeballs." ...

Yglesias Award Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... "Palin will also be assigned to pacify conservatives. On the evidence of the numerous emails reprinted here, that will be easily done. Reader after reader said that the base was now energized. You would have thought the base was energized by being in a war. If not, perhaps we need a new base," - Rick Brookhiser. ...

Palin in Comparison: Republicans Love Here, and She Loves Ron Paul
Hit & Run — The most potent shot of snark over the Sarah Palin pick is that the conservative base is revealing how little it cared about the war on terror by rah-rahing an callooh-callaying the nomination of a 1/3-term governor of Alaska to co-lead the republic. Brookhiser: ...

Palin in Comparison: Republicans Love Her, and She Loves Ron Paul
Hit & Run — The most potent shot of snark over the Sarah Palin pick is that the conservative base is revealing how little it cared about the war on terror by rah-rahing and callooh-callaying the nomination of a 1/3-term governor of Alaska to co-lead the republic. Brookhiser: ...