UPDATE:
It’s expected a big scandal is about to break. Reportedly, those wolves she was shooting from a helicopter — they were actually Eskimos.
UPDATE 2:
I’ve got confirmation from my sources that Palin is planning a coup. Possibly with the help of the Dick Cheney Assassination Squad.
UPDATE 3:
Prediction: If Sarah Palin drops out of politics for good, her political career is over.
It ends up Allahpundit outed me as someone open to mild criticism of Sarah Palin (I’m sorry, but she didn’t come off too well in those leaked e-mails). But like Jonah Goldberg, I criticize her because I want her to run in the future and be a strong candidate.
I gave an interview for Bloglines (I think it should air Monday), and though it was mainly about blogging, I did say how I think Palin is still the GOP’s brightest spot. Unlike Obama, she’s worked in the real world and accomplished real things. People try to claim she’s stupid, but if you measure people by what they’ve achieved she beats Obama hands down. As conservatives, we do have to stick up for her because if we ever let sounding smart have more importance than being smart, we lose.
And before you deify Palin too much, remember that she is a politician. She’s going to disappoint you someday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Just in time for the document’s 233rd anniversary, President Barack Obama has issued an executive order apologizing to Great Britain for America’s Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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“It’s time to move away from the failed policies of the past,” said Obama during a Rose Garden press conference, “and the first step is apologizing for the original sin of this nation against the sensibilities of the international community.”
“The Declaration of Independence from the wise and benevolent guiding hand of Great Britain was, in the eyes of some, an important step,” said Obama. “But the manner in which it was handled was an affront to acceptable diplomatic norms. This crude and disparaging document heaped numerous, undeserved insults on the divine ruler of our compassionate and nurturing motherland. It used such crass and dispicable terms as ‘tyrant’ and ‘despot’ to describe the gracious tolerance of King George the Third to the aspersions and indignities heaped upon him by a cabal of ungrateful rebels.”
“Therefore,” declared Obama, “we, the people of the United States of America, do formally apologize and ask for the forgiveness of the descendants and heirs of Great Britain’s people and monarchy.”
Reaction to the apology was mixed.
Vice President Joe Biden said the apology was “a good start,” but noted that if we really wanted to make amends for 233 years of disloyalty, America would have to “show our sincerity with deeds, not words”.
“If we really want to make up with Great Britain,” said Biden, “we need to become more like them. We should adopt their health care system. And their ban on guns. And their ban on knives. Man, I hate knives… I cut myself on one last time I was in my secret undisclosed location under the old U.S. Naval Observatory… hey, this is off the record, right?”
Queen Elizabeth the Second said that she would “consider” accepting the apology if Obama would “take back this stupid iPod and send me a Kindle 2.”
