Basement Office

Just stop talking

I hate listening to politicians speak just about more than anything else. Hedged statements, buzzwords, half-truths, self-important promotion, and bravado are the norm, regardless of party affiliation.

But even worse is the stuff uttered by Sarah Palin over the last several days. I now understand why McCain kept a virtual gag order on her for a couple of weeks after her unveiling. She is clearly out of her game, struggling to keep up:

• Palin takes questions from press corps for first time
• Palin On Russia (more Couric vs. Palin)

What she says is crazy, but the way she says it is even crazier. Pure syntactic nonsense. Haven’t we endured enough of this?