Quotables

Invade Mars?

Best quote of the day comes from conservative Peggy Noonan, who launched off-camera profanities and said, "it's over," when she first heard that Palin was slated. This latest is from her WSJ column:

The media could get videotape of Mrs. Palin saying, "We should invade Mars and it will be easy because Mars is hidden inside my hair!" and people would say, "Stop sliming Sarah!"

Lipstick fascism

Frank Schaeffer is a former Republican and a New York Times best selling author. He writes on Huff (“Sarah Palin: America’s Lipstick Fascist”):

Sarah Palin summed up the Republican Party's turn to Fascism perfectly when she mocked Senator Obama as someone who would want to read enemies we capture "their rights".

McCain on his "divorce"

"It's easy for me to go to Washington and frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."