Palin's Incredible Lightness Of Being

He got invited to the convention because he had pre-marital sex.

John McCain proclaims that he is for open government. Palin, meanwhile, is for closed government.

Palin's handlers say she and her family have nothing to hide. But fisherman husband Todd Palin's former business partner has filed an emergency motion to have his divorce papers sealed, surely a coincidence in light of the National Enquirer chasing a report that Sarah and the partner did the do-se-do. (The motion was denied, while the papers make no mention of an affair.)

Hey, any politician makes a few enemies, but it seems like many of Palin's are in her own extended family.

In a sure sign of things to come, McCain and Palin can't even be truthful about little things. Like lying about auctioning the Alaska governor's jet on eBay in an effort to clean up the excesses of her predecessor.

Not only is Palin woefully inexperienced when it comes to international and national affairs. She has never expressed a conviction of any sort on a major issue.

This is scaring the crap out of McCain's handlers who knew nothing about Palin before their boss impetuously picked up the phone and called her, and they know little more about her now except that she brings an awful lot of baggage to the campaign -- and that's just the stuff that's come out so far.

Of all that baggage, the most troubling is Troopergate. Palin, who lied her teeth off in connection with the investigation and tried to obstruct it, has now lawyered up because of her own culpability.

McCain’s buddies in Alaska are trying hard to quash the probe to avoid a messy "October Surprise," while Palin has tried to put off release of the official Troopergate report, which will be made public about the time of her sole vice presidential debate with Joe Biden.

Palin shares McCain's ability to have different opinions on the same issue, among them sex education.

Palin also shares something with Cindy McCain: They both have airplanes!

Gloria Steinem, the queen bee of feminism, states the obvious in noting that all Palin shares with Hillary Clinton is a chromosome.

From Gerard Baker:

"What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

"One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let’s be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

"The other kills her own food."

Like Obama, Palin arrives on the national stage with ties to a problematic ministry, in this case one that may turn off Jewish voters.

And as a Christianist, Palin has no problem comingling religion and politics, as in encouraging church leaders to pray that "God's will" be done to bring out consturction of a big pipeline.

Finally, we direct you to the Palin Cone of Silence Watch, which is now in Day 8. Sarcasm aside, a leading conservative pundit argues why hiding her from the press matters so much.

Asks Josh Mashall: "Isn't Palin supposed to move to Cheney's undisclosed location after she gets elected, not before?"