Benj, no I stated his resume appears impressive. There is this disconnect between appearance and actual verifiable proof of accomplishment.

I’m not going to jump up and down every time a new rumor appears to contradict what is and what is not known. It is a criminal investigation underway (and an ethics probe) that unfortunately tend to get trampled in a rush to pass judgment. Pressure is no doubt being applied to serve justice independently of the pressure applied by the press to meet deadlines and politicos drop dead line.

Confidence projected is not necessarily confidence. Provincialism, how quaint. Sounds like a smear word like “progressive” used to be, lol.

I think the high minded appearance of the press, in the face of incomplete, incomprehensible and inconsistent data and flawed science implied in a rush to judgment about man and global warming is similar to the rush to judgment in the SP investigation. The facts not being known and the data not all in, it is premature and full of gas to indicate guilt on anyone’s part.

Appearances would have damned a whole lot of good marines, and a whole lot of other folks too. But that one accomplishment we know for a fact that “OH” attached his name to and helped to guide through the Illinois legislature. It isn’t by mere chance that the press is bumbling through the church hall and RFD listings for anyone with a passing grudge about anyone who might have been the Mayor.

You give “OH” way too much credit for too much on less real information than you would have us turn on Governor Palin over. I think the learning curve of managing a town to managing a State and all the negotiations in between speaks well of the Governors ability to analyze and assimilate data quickly and come to the right conclusions and make the best decisions. It is a judgment thing. “OH” history doesn’t speak to judgment but feelings. His history doesn’t talk the talk of accomplished leadership, but of glamor magazine.

I suppose that is why all of the “reports” on “OH” tend to be gossipy too. He’s like the invisible man (not Ellison’s), no history but what has been made up to satisfy an audience.