Good morning, good citizens of Attackerland!

While those of you on the East Coast were out attempting to escape Hurricane Hanna and those of us on the West Coast were enjoying our Indian summer, the MSM spent the weekend trying to find out more about half-term Governor Sarah Palin.

At Good Morning America they sent someone all the way to Alaska (it’s far! And dark!) to interview Sarah Palin’s best friends. No, no, not her Lt. Governor or the Speaker of the House, or any other elected Alaskan official. I would even have been happy had they interviewed Palin’s mother-in-law (apparently there is a rift there. Because, you know, the mother-in-law sees women as more than just baby vessels. Crazy!). They only decided to speak with the people with whom Palin gets lattes with after aerobics class. Because, you know, those women really have insights into how Palin is going to handle nuclear proliferation.

Let us pause for a moment and think back to the time that Joe Biden was announced as VP. Did the MSM go and interview his best friends? How about the people with whom he takes the train back to Delaware every night? Um, obviously not. Because those people are just not qualified to talk about what Biden will bring to the White House. But because all women *have to* be living out some sort of version of Sex and the City, of course her friends are going to be the subject of a major interview. I am actually shocked that the reporter didn’t ask if Palin is the Mirada or the Carrie of the group (answer: she is so obviously the Charlotte! Um, duh!).

Karl Vick and James Grimaldi of The Washington Post also wrote an article about the world’s most famous moose hunter. In it they analyzed the role Todd Palin plays in governing Alaska. You remember Todd Palin, right? He’s that world champion snow machine racer and arguably one of the only people who is less qualified than Sarah Palin is to run a country.

Apparently Todd is included in most of the Governor’s meetings and is cc-ed on important policy correspondence. As much as Sarah Palin can claim that she is going to break some glass ceiling, she still makes sure she runs things past her husband. Does Jill Biden play this role for her husband? Obviously not.

What can we learn from all of this? Well, apparently I should start listing my best friends as references on my resume, and should start cc-ing boyfriends on all of my work e-mails. Maybe they can come to client meetings with me too? Just to, you know, make sure I don’t get in over my head.