Civil War hero and all around media whore John McCain was on “Meet the Press” yesterday to hawk Prevacid or something. In the middle of an otherwise totally boring and inconsequential interview chock full of his standard trite talking points (Sampling: “I’m so angry! ARGH ARGH ARGH! Troops Vietnam ARGH!”), McCain accidentally cut lose and told us all what he thinks about his retarded (and newly racist!) former running mate, the always entertaining and functionally-retarded Sarah Palin.
From the Wall Street Journal:
McCain was responding to a question…about whether Palin’s brand of conservatism is “what the Republican Party needs to regain power in the midterms and ultimately in 2012.” McCain responded that the former Alaska governor has “earned herself a very big place in the Republican political scene” and that he was “proud of her.”
Then came this:
“I am entertained every time I see these people attack her and attack her and attack her. She’s irrelevant, but they continue to attack her. I am so proud of her and the work that she is doing,” McCain said.
The same Sarah Palin who’s on a book tour that doesn’t go to major cities? IRRELEVANT? The Sarah Palin who couldn’t make it one term as Alaska’s governor? IRRELEVANT!?
To be fair, a McCain spokesperson quickly backtracked, offering the most tortured and disingenuous explanation possible:
Brooke Buchanan, a McCain spokesperson, said in an email that the senator wasn’t saying Palin was “irrelevant” but was quoting others as saying she was irrelevant, and noting that despite that, they continued to attack her.
Oh sure.
Psh, whatever. Yes, Sarah Palin’s irrelevant in that she holds no elected office, has no power beyond crafting facebook posts and can’t tell the difference between John Wooden and John Wooden Legs, but she’s so much fun! In what other place or time could someone so profoundly unqualified and unaware of fundamental issues be considered for any elected office, let alone leader of the free world.
Good job, John McCain! Keep fucking that chicken.
