The Blogtari Factor

A friend of mine IM'd me a link to the Gawker post about Sarah Palin's email account being hacked. At first, I was excited. I thought there would be some major scandals revealed like receiving bribes from Pro-Lifers and Oil Conglomerates, or at least an offer from CoverGirl for their Infallible Lip Color. But no. The Gawker article has absolutely zero substance. You can see some pictures of her kids. And no, they are not nudie pictures. Just regular, fully clothes pictures of her kids sitting in the grass.

SNOOZE!

In fact, none of the recent onslaught of Sarah Palin news has been very interesting. I do not need to know that she once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween. I do not care she uses Yahoo! mail. I am utterly indifferent about the 3 different Palin action figures available today on political spoof sites everywhere.

The media should have quit while they were ahead - announcing Bristol's pregnancy from her Baby Daddy whose My Space profile does not want children.

Ever since Babygate, Palin has been a bore. In fact, I could argue that all of the Britney Spears-inspired media attention Ms. Palin is getting is doing far more to raise her party's profile than anything John McCain is up to. And the GOP thinks the "liberal media" is against them. Hmph!

I am very much looking forward to the debates so we can start talking about real political issues again. Because you know what else I don't care about? Obama's love of the NBA and McCain's lobby for proper healthcare for boxers! Yes, I am forced to watch ESPN, and yes, both candidates were interviewed to talk about their favorite sports. I miss Joe Biden and his Amtrak antics.

Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a hard-nosed politician. I enjoy my news in bite-sized, lowest-common-denominator chunks. But I do think it's a bit silly to turn our politicians into entertainers. They are not entertaining people. That's why they are in charge of stuff.

And news outlets, please lay off Ms. Palin. The more you make me think I should care about her, the more I may care about her. Let's just let her fade away into Geraldine Ferraro-like obscurity, shall we?