for the record

It's a little difficult to say anything about the whole Palin debacle. Look at it from any angle, and all you can do is throw your hands up and say, "This is what politics ended up becoming in this country?" If anyone has managed to stay with the Republican party up until now - which would be a remarkable achievement in its own right - it's probably time to quietly peel that Bush/Cheney sticker from your bumper. It's OK, we'll take you back. We won't even mock you (all that much).

Anyhoo, my brother was visiting for the weekend, so he told me two amusing anecdotes:
- He just got a new game, and decided to name his character "McCainPalin2008", figuring that he'd just make an ass of himself in multiplayer mode. Unfortunately, the game turned out to be single player only. So now, any time he starts it up, he has to shudder in disgust.
- Eugene filled me in on the fact that Palin was using her personal Yahoo email account for official business. Apparently, as soon as that became known, dozens of people tried to reverse-engineer her password by using the "forgotten password" service on Yahoo. I guess there were so many attempts that Palin's account got locked. That's where the funny part ends. As I was reading up on this farce, it slowly became clear that Palin was most likely using Yahoo to circumvent the Freedom of Information Act. Maybe she is ready to continue the Bush legacy after all.