That's My Girl...

This last Sunday was a cold and rainy day here in Lund. It was the kind of day that you curl up in your room with a hot mug of tea and some youtube videos. When I first entered the site the video tag 'Couric on Palin' immediately sparked my interest. Talk about a 'win-win' if you know what I mean. The interview was a wonderful display of catty nail scratching, clothes ripping, mud wrestling, sorority style slip and slide. Keep the 'straight talk express' running outside John, you can sit for the first few minutes, but after that this is the girls show.

While I won't recap the entire ordeal, I'll highlight a couple of wonderful points and sound bites the lovely Ms. Palin made. Take note, there's some things we all can learn.

- Foreign policy....when asked specifically what newspapers and magazines she reads to keep up on the issues, she responded with "I've read most of them, all of them, any of them". As an avid reader and consumer of such fodder I find this amazing. I struggle to get through The Economist, Business Week, Inc. and Wharton's Know publication in a timely fashion. So, in response, I have decided to skip eating breakfast and will add Far Eastern Economic Review to the weekly mix.

- Foreign policy part deux....when asked how Alaska's proximity to Russia enhances her foreign policy credentials, Palin explained that "Well, it certainly does. Our next door neighbors are foreign countries." Following this logic, here is the list (in no particular order) of additional states in which governors would have equal foreign policy credentials....Hawaii, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Oregon.

-Economy....when asked about the bailout proposal Palin insisted on bringing up John McCain's leadership with regards to regulation. When Couric countered with the factoid that John's record has almost always put him on the side of less regulation Palin responded with "John McCain is the maverick. Taking shots from both sides, trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about...." This point really made no sense what's so ever, but I think after several rewinds I can now officially translate. I think what Palin was trying to say is that "If you take enough shots of anything (preferably Russian vodka to stick with the foreign policy theme) and watch the hit film from 1984 staring Mel Gibson titled Maverick, you will see that a simple game of poker can solve domestic challenges. Now that's what I'm talking about."

As the days drag on, with November no where in sight, this campaign continues to be a boil on the ass of America. The only good that seems to come from it is Tina Fey's continued role as Ms. Palin on late night television. I think this has to be one of the few times in the history of Saturday Night Live where the writers simply can transcribe what comes from her mouth and put it directly on the air.