One for the Birds

So, Alaska Governor, 2008 GOP Vice Presidential nominee, and barely literate Sarah Palin announced today she is stepping down from her job as her state's chief executive. While I'm sure Slim and I will have much to say about this over the coming days, I want to blog quick about my first impression.

Despite a silly, contradictory, rambling, and voice-cracking announcement by Alaska's favorite former sportscaster, some people in the GOP will find this speech "selfless" or "magnanimous" or whatever they can spin as they pray to Jesus that her screams of good faith are louder than Mark Sanford's latest letter to Penthouse. However, not everyone bought this load of crap. Chief among them: birds. If you listen to her speech, as she describes her positive record on ethics and her decision is for the good of Alaska, there is a pelican (or whatever the hell birds they have up there that haven't been asphyxiated in an inlet of Saudi sweet crude) making a laughing sound. Maybe Palin thought her record had killed enough wildlife that an outdoor press conference was safe, but it wasn't the case. Nothing says I'm screwed like a flock of birds off camera not having any of it.

Like I said, more to come; Happy 4th!

~Ginger