Two of a Kind

From 2Millionth Web Log

If anyone needed more convincing that Sarah Palin is little more than a cut-rate version of Dubya, yesterday's turkey pardoning lottery should remove all doubt.

By the way, it's not like I'm vegan or vegetarian, and to be honest, the method used in killing the birds is, under the circumstances, probably more humane than your average factory farm.

As a child I saw my grandfather dispatch a chicken (that we had for dinner that evening), and I've also seen a pig killed/prepared. I'm not anti-meat.

But c'mon: being aware of how the turkey makes it to the table is one thing...reminding folks of this reality literally moments after the annual pardon/media event is pretty callous even by Palin's low standards.

That said, we are talking turkeys, no pun intended. Team Bush, on the other hand, loudly insists that Mr. Guantanamo-Suspension-of-Habeas-Corpus-Abu-Ghraib-Waterboarding-Illegal-Invasion-of-Iraq's record on human rights "is perhaps the best in American history." Honest.

Finally, to top it off, it looks like Dubya gets one last chance to play with the machinery of judicial death, signing off on a military execution scheduled for December 10th. You know, without trying to coddle the criminal--the article describes a horrible set of crimes, murder and rape--the convict's been on death row for twenty years. You could make a case that continued incarceration might be even more of a punishment as the inmate reflects on his wasted life and terrible acts. But Shrub can't keep from tinkering with the needle, just like when he was governor of Texas.

That speaks volumes.

So, you've got a governor who can't be bothered to show some discretion...and a president who can't resist the urge to play god.

They deserve each other.