This Stuff Just Continues to Write Itself

Earlier this evening, Jo Ann Davidson, Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee, mistakenly referred to the party's presumptive vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as "Sarah Pawlenty" at the Republican National Convention.

Even though this error is simply inexcusable by a Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee, it is important to remember that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty had been considered as one of the front runners for the vice presidential nomination. Awkward! With that being said, this mistake by Davidson was certainly helpful to me. To think that I was only planning to comment on other aspects of Palin's life and political background, including (1) her 17-year-old daughter who is five months pregnant; (2) her return to the Governor's office just three days after her youngest child was born with Down syndrome; (3) her opposition towards abortion, stem cell research, gay marriage, health benefits for same sex partners and physician assisted suicide; (3) her lifelong membership in the National Rifle Association; (4) strong promotion of oil and natural gas resource development in Alaska, including in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge; (5) her refusal to place blame on the human race for worldwide climate change; (6) her decision to file a lawsuit after the Secretary of the Interior listed polar bears as a threatened species; (7) her opposition to a ballot measure which would have provided added protections for salmon from potential contamination from mining activities and (8) her dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan after Monegan failed to terminate Mike Wooten, an Alaska State Trooper and Palin's former brother-in-law. Whew, that was close!