Bonkers in Alaska
by Beth Quinn
CommonDreams.org
July 8, 2009
Barrack Obama proved, finally, that anyone can grow up to be president. Sarah Palin, however, proved him wrong. Happily, lunatics are still not able to win the White House.
Sometimes presidents turn into lunatics while living in the Booby Hatch Capital of the World (Richard Nixon is a case in point), but Americans are still reluctant to make a national leader of someone who proves herself bonkers before even running.
She certainly appeared to be a certifiable maniac last Friday when she announced that she was quitting her governor job because ... well, basically because she's not a dead fish:
"And a problem in our country today is apathy," she explained at her hastily called press conference. "It would be apathetic to just hunker down and go with the flow. Nah, only dead fish go with the flow. No. Productive, fulfilled people determine where to put their efforts, choosing to wisely utilize precious time ... to BUILD UP."
Among the many mysteries as to what she meant by this, I confess I wasn't aware that dead fish ‘go with the flow.' I thought they kind of ‘float up to the surface and stink.' But then, I am not a fisherperson. Perhaps it's common in tackle shops to say, "Only dead fish go with the flow."
Please read the complete article at:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/08-7