The day after Palin's speech, the Dow dropped 344 points. Two days after her speech, we heard about a 6.1 percent unemployment rate -- the highest in five years. Four days later, it's announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be bailed out and we'll be paying for it to the tune of billions (admittedly, though, this was a necessary bailout).
This morning on MSNBC, Mort Zuckerman told us that the American car companies will have to merge into one or two large corporations. He also warned of the worst financial collapse since the Depression.
And yet 40-50 percent of Americans are falling for the same "I'd like to have a beer with them" trickery -- expecting that McCain-Palin will somehow be different than Bush-Cheney, even though all indications prove that they're exactly the same. What's that famous definition of insanity again?
McCain: "The fundamentals of the economy are strong. Very strong."
Palin: "I'm a hockey mom! I can be vice president! Weeeeee! Hooray!"
Yeah, that'll do. Let's have four more years of that. Smart!