Rogueish

So Sarah Palin "wrote" a book. Her continued relevance astonishes me, but then, so do the Birther/Teabagger people (recently seen on a bumper sticker: TEABAGGING IS FOR NUTS). For example, this whole thing in the NY-23 race, where the Republican candidate--who was leading in the polls--was pushed out by her own party in favor of a "real conservative" who promptly lost the race, giving the Democrats a seat they had not won in 100 years. (Thanks!) Amazingly, this loss was then claimed as a "victory" by the grassroots crazy movement.

Perhaps if mental health care was better funded in this country, some of these people could get the help they so evidently need.

Media Matters is having a good time documenting the inaccuracies in the book and in Palin's public appearances. One thing that continues to bother me is Palin's valorization--both by herself and by Christian conservatives such as James Dobson--for choosing to have her baby even after learning that he had Down Syndrome. The key point here is choice, and from Palin's perspective there should have been no choice other than to have the child. So she should not be lauded for that decision which was no decision. Without choice there is no virtue.