Palin-itis.

Sarah Palin's rant this evening frustrated me on various levels - most notably the tone of this Governor who seems to be promoting herself as the one actual voice who functions outside "traditional" Washington bickers and low blows. Yet, she echoed Mayor Guiliani's outrageous downplay of Senator Obama's past as a community organizer. It's troubling that a canidate who prides her connection to the "little" people of this country would demean the very allies who stand to unite and improve communities. My aggravation boils down to my belief that experiences providing a canidate with first hand knowledge of the grassroots are fair for establishing qualification for higher office. Bottom up experiences (e.g. community activist and professor) should be interpreted (especially in this particular election) with as much relevance as top to bottom experiences (quarter century in public office). Palin's lame attempt at comic relief stands as a prime example of what Senator Obama argued was that the McCain (ticket) "doesn't know [what's going on in the lives of the American people]."

CNN political commentator Roland Martin is equally p'od on national televison.