Wow. Hands down the best article yet on the Palin-as-puppet/anti-feminist angle. Perfectly fair and well articulated. Leave it to Steinem.

Quoted: Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."

Funny comic strip.

If you're still deciding who to vote for you might want to read this. It's scary to consider how little research McCain's people did on Palin and how hastily she was chosen.

Quoted: Representative Gail Phillips, a Republican and former speaker of the State House, said the widespread surprise in Alaska when Ms. Palin was named to the ticket made her wonder how intensively the McCain campaign had vetted her. “I started calling around and asking, and I have not been able to find one person that was called,” Ms. Phillips said. “I called 30 to 40 people, political leaders, business leaders, community leaders. Not one of them had heard. Alaska is a very small community, we know people all over, but I haven’t found anybody who was asked anything.”

Abstinence works!

Quoted: The 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate, plans to marry the father, according to the campaign.

John Stewart's thoughts on the Palin pick. Also, some great commentary from Samantha Bee. Perfect.

Quoted: Sarah Palin may be the ideological opposite of Hillary Clinton, but she's her gynecological twin.

Quoted: WASHINGTON—Enlisted by members of the House and Senate, presidential aide Rebecca Tandy brought a copy of the international climate-change treaty to President Bush's desk Monday and asked him to sign a birthday document for a Japanese dignitary named "Kyoto Protocol." "Mr. Protocol really likes treaties, so we got him this treaty instead of a card, so if you could just—all the other countries have already signed it," a nervous Tandy reportedly said ..

General Bonkers is not amused.

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Quoted: Last week’s books lead, Steven Blum’s interview with David Sedaris, was a lot of fun to read. But people have asked: If Blum talked with Sedaris for an hour and a half, where the hell is the rest of the interview?