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Lipstick on a pig?

When the Wall Street Journal was purchased by Rupert Murdoch years ago, faithful readers were afraid it would lose cred by too heavily reflecting the biases of its owner. The beauty of the WSJ historically is that it reflected “Conservative” opinion, in the classic sense of the word, not necessarily partisan politics. However, apparently this beacon of journalistic integrity has become a media outlet for the Republican wing — Fox News in print.

Consider this from the New York Times by way of Kos:

The editorial page of the Journal recently praised Palin for her transparently ghost-written critique of the Federal Reserve’s use of quantitative easing. “Mrs. Palin is way ahead of her potential presidential competitors on this policy point,” The Journal wrote, and “shows a talent for putting a technical subject in language that average Americans can understand.”

Gimme a break.

There’s a buzz surrounding Ms Elizabeth Warren as a possible Supreme Court nominee, to which I emphatically say, NO! We need the smartest woman in the country managing the communal bankbook.

Meanwhile, over in the “real America” Caribou Barbie just won’t shut up. She uses her folksy charm as a way to hide the fact that she knows NOTHING. Here’s what she said to Hannity regarding nukes in Iran.

No administration in America’s history would, I think, ever have considered such a step that we just found out  President Obama is supporting today. It’s kinda like getting out there on a playground, a bunch of kids, getting ready to fight, and one of the kids saying, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face and I’m not going to retaliate. Go ahead and do what you want to with me.’

Striking the perfect note, POTUS responded in the media with a smash to the net that was witty yet classy. Here is President Obama in an interview with ABC News:

The last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues …  if the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are comfortable with it, I’m probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin.

This was the same week that POTUS signed a nuclear ban with Russia. Meanwhile, back in wingnut land, Ms. Palin has found her soulmate.  From the Wall Street Journal, on meeting Rep. Michele Bachmann, part of the lunatic fringe from Minnesota.

I knew that we’d be buddies when I met her when she said, ‘Drill here, drill now.’ And then I replied, ‘Drill, baby, drill’ and then we both said, ‘You betcha!’