"a very dangerous situation"

At this point, my concern is less with Palin (just another nutter) than with McCain and the GOP. If they were reckless enough to foist Palin on us without even minimal vetting, and if they could browbeat the media into not asking certain questions out of deference, then we are in a very dangerous situation. The cynicism of the political and the media elite, and their aversion to the truth when it might impede their interests, requires vigilance.

i think it's going to require something more than vigilance --- especially now that the supremes are poised to open the floodgates for corporate political contributions --- between all of that and the insane health-care "debate," i've been wanting to crawl under my bed and stay there --- or at least quit watching the teevee and stop reading blogs