Palin the Pundit

Not surprisingly, Palin's pronouncements came at almost exactly the same time as a CNN poll showing more and more Republicans moving into the climate-change-denier camp. The reasons for this are straightforward: if President Obama came out in favor of sunshine, puppies and the Lord Jesus Christ, a poll would come out a week later that showed cratering GOP support for all three. If he's for something, they will be against it, and Sarah Palin has never been one to miss out on a good pander, even if it promotes a mindset that could lead to the end of human civilization on this planet. Hell, there may even be some good political calculus involved here; most of the people who approve of her live in the middle of the country, so her chances of electoral victory will skyrocket if the seas devour all those cities filled with pesky Democratic voters on the East and West coasts.

Pee Wee was right; it just goes on, and on, and on. Unfortunately for just about every living thing on the planet, Palin's article - and The Washington Post's unconscionable decision to run such a shoddy piece of brazen disinformation - will lead to a hardening of opposition to the actions desperately needed to avoid an environmental cataclysm. Palin went out of her way to denounce the politicization of science while doing exactly that to keep the GOP base in her corner.

Learn to swim, Sarah. If your "views" on this matter hold sway, it's a skill you are going to need.