Thanks, Grist:
This, it should be noted, is the primary solution emphasized by the woman John McCain says "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." At least he left a "probably" in there as a hedge.Incidentally, that comment is actually a little chilling. Imagine Sarah Palin was actually an extremely learned governor on energy issues, rather than just an extremely effective shill for Alaskan energy interests. She still wouldn't be the country's leading energy expert. She's been governor of Alaska for 18 months. She did not study energy before that. She is not a hydrocarbon engineer, or an energy economist. She is not a geologist or a surveyor. She studied journalism in college, and did not proceed to cover energy as a beat. Obviously, it's a good and authentic thing that John McCain is utterly unaware of the existence of expert opinion on this issue, and I wouldn't dare criticize his inspiring faith in the common-sense wisdom of the finest governor Alaska has had within the last year, but it's still worth pointing out.
This, it should be noted, is the primary solution emphasized by the woman John McCain says "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." At least he left a "probably" in there as a hedge.Incidentally, that comment is actually a little chilling. Imagine Sarah Palin was actually an extremely learned governor on energy issues, rather than just an extremely effective shill for Alaskan energy interests. She still wouldn't be the country's leading energy expert. She's been governor of Alaska for 18 months. She did not study energy before that. She is not a hydrocarbon engineer, or an energy economist. She is not a geologist or a surveyor. She studied journalism in college, and did not proceed to cover energy as a beat. Obviously, it's a good and authentic thing that John McCain is utterly unaware of the existence of expert opinion on this issue, and I wouldn't dare criticize his inspiring faith in the common-sense wisdom of the finest governor Alaska has had within the last year, but it's still worth pointing out. 
