The NYT's Glowing Review of Palin

[Brittain33]

The idea that, once elected, the new incumbent is terrible for bringing in new people is bizarre. 

Did you really miss the point that these people were a) seriously unqualified and b) all friends from high school?

[Brittain33]

 Second, where does the "unqualified" part come in?

Please respond with reference to 1) the Attorney General and 2) the one hired for the agricultural position who had a childhood love of cows.

I know that there is no convincing you, but I am shocked to see you defend the indefensible to other people. If you can disprove the article, go to it, but you can not possibly read these facts and conclude anything other than that Palin has a heckuva "Brownie" problem.

[Brittain33]

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You're either skipping or ignoring the part about how the A.G. has to run the department of 150 people and he said he didn't know how to do it and would probably get someone else.

As for having a J.D.... every lawyer has a J.D.! Even Alberto Gonzales. That doesn't mean that Joe Ambulance Chaser is equally qualified to be the Attorney General.

Seriously, I thought that even conservatives were on the same page as the rest of us about cronyism after what happened with Harriet Miers and Alberto Gonzales (each of whom had a J.D.) Do we need to go through the same arguments again, learn again the hard way, because this time George W. Bush is wearing a skirt and hunts moose?