The Long View

An administration that values cronyism over competence.

An administration that values secrecy over transparency.

An administration that views criticism as disloyalty and brands critics as enemies.

An administration that retaliates against its critics and opponents.

An administration that believes in its Divinely Ordained Manifest Destiny.

No, I’m not rehashing the last eight years of Incurious George, the mischievous monkey who has been making life miserable for much of the world.

That’s the description of those who have observed the Sarah Palin administrations in Alaska. In an article by Jo Becker, Peter S. Goodman, and Michael Powell (no, not the former Bush FCC flunky) in the Sunday, September 14, 2008 New York Times we get a full frontal of the Palin regime and a foretaste of a McCain-Palin administration should voters (and the US Supreme Court) so choose.

As the Times notes: “Throughout her career, Ms. Palin has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and blurred the line between government and personal grievance.”