I Agree with Kristol: Let Palin Be Palin!

by David Safier

How often do I get a chance to reach across the aisle and say I agree with Bill “I can say as much stupid stuff as I want because I’m an intellectual” Kristol? I just saw him on FOX News bemoaning McCain’s dysfunctional campaign and repeating the points he made in today’s column in the NY Times. He wants McCain to fire his campaign staff and “Let McCain be McCain. Let Palin be Palin.”

I say, yes, let McCain be McCain. Which is what he’s been from the start, a highly competitive, ridiculously ambitious man who will say and do anything to win. He’s done it before, and he’s doing it again. Nothing new there.

But I say emphatically, in bold, italicized, underlined, triple-exclamation-pointed capital letters, LET PALIN BE PALIN!!!. Please, please free Sarah Palin. Put her on TV. Put her on radio. Have her talk one-on-one with reporters and give news conferences every day. Make that twice a day. Let her smile and wink to her heart’s content as her words shine through for the world to hear. More Palin! More Palin! More Palin!

After all, what could go wrong?