tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899125.post5170144132736404046..comments2009-03-23T10:56:17.219-05:00Comments on Matter-Eater Blog: Palin thoughts, serious and otherwiseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899125.post-60043286724782745432008-09-10T09:41:00.000-05:002008-09-10T09:41:00.000-05:00Spiro Agnew's the only one close to Palin's level ...Spiro Agnew's the only one close to Palin's level of inexperience, and at least he'd been a county commissioner before he was Governor of Maryland for a year and a half when Nixon picked him. OTOH, the county he represented probably had a population much bigger than Alaska's.Matter-Eater Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582100232490047227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899125.post-67713160243777345862008-09-09T13:28:00.000-05:002008-09-09T13:28:00.000-05:00I am all for the breaking of glass ceilings, but n...I am all for the breaking of glass ceilings, but no mediocre male politician with this little experience would ever have been given this opportunity in the past. Dude, Dan Quayle was an elder statesman compared to Palin. The whole thing is just insulting. And it is kind of embarrassing that in part, at least, it appears to be working.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00820724566634962323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899125.post-21529952339104579792008-09-05T08:10:00.000-05:002008-09-05T08:10:00.000-05:00I think Frank Church, who ran for president in 197...I think Frank Church, who ran for president in 1976, had one son nicknamed Spud and one nicknamed Twig. Trig and Twig should get their own morning show or something.Matter-Eater Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582100232490047227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899125.post-45859984344364439612008-09-05T07:57:00.000-05:002008-09-05T07:57:00.000-05:00Your penultimate point is spot-on. Bill O'Reilly w...Your penultimate point is spot-on. Bill O'Reilly would have been hammering that point every single night in his "No Spin Zone."<BR/><BR/>Trig is now officially my favorite name.Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132196355430345167noreply@blogger.com