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Please, Democrats, Don't Get Stupid Responding to Palin's Nomination

McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running-mate has triggered a wide range of responses, none of which, interestingly enough, mention what a total dick move it was for McCain to make the announcement the morning after Obama's nomination speech, thus taking the speech out of the headlines for the remainder of the weekend news cyle. What concerns me is the initial, knee-jerk response offered by the Democrats: Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies -- that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same.

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