Election ’08: Embrace the absurdity

Consider the presidential campaign: Obama “is an Arab,” only he isn’t. John McCain addresses American citizens as “my fellow prisoners.” Sarah Palin on the “Bush doctrine” and foreign policy cred based on the ability to see across water. I’m coming to think that perhaps the best way to endure the last three weeks of what’s likely history’s most bizarre presidential campaign is to embrace the absurdity.

To that end, I present: A dramatic reading of minutes from a Wasilla town meeting, Monty Python’s John Cleese on Sarah Palin, Barack Obama’s abiding love of pie — sweet potato pie, coconut creme pie, lemon merengue pie — “Obamacorns” and more.

The Thrilla from Wasilla: An Alaskan recounts the reign of Gov. Sarah Palin

The nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate is perhaps the most bizarre thing I’ve witnessed since moving to Alaska six years ago, arguably surpassing the time a bald eagle dropped a…