You Say Tomato Sarah Palin Says Tomato

You can't make this stuff up. Politico, is featuring an article entirely devoted to none other then Governor Sarah Palin's accent:

Not since John F. Kennedy’s Boston brogue took the stage at the 1960 presidential debates has a national politician’s tongue stood out in such a way.....

Palin, who was born in Idaho and whisked away to Alaska in her infancy, somehow developed a voice well-suited for a character on “The Prairie Home Companion.”

“It’s very Fargo,” said former McCain campaign strategist Mark McKinnon. “Ton of personality."

At a time of economic uncertainty, a dual war aboard and perhaps the most important presidential election in 40 years....these character driven articles continue to take center stage. This narrative further fuels the shoddy election coverage based on personality and quirks that has been dominating the political atmosphere.

The article goes on to talk about who likes are accent and who doesn't and why. Ahh the media doing what it does best, educating the voters on the issues.

Appearences Trump Policy

Yesterday when I was watching the cable news morning news coverage. It was no surprise that they continued to talk about the debates and their ensuing narratives....

On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Host Joe Scarborough tried to talk about McCain's "temperament" at every possible point he could, going on to say "he looked like that angry grandfather at dinner."
It was truly absurd how many comments he made about his age.
Joe Scarborough t was about temperament.."he looked like that angry grandfather at dinner."

Pat Buchanan, co-host of Morning Joe (and GOPer who ran an unsuccessful bid for president) went on to discuss how it really came down to "atmospherics." And in the end, Buchanan said Obama came across as a much nicer guy, "like Bush was in 2000." Whew, I don't know if Obama would see that as much of a compliment being compared to Bush, although the man did win two elections.

Later discussion summed up the event as "dull" and having very few "memorable moments."

Um...policy discussion..anyone?