The Countertop Chronicles

Andrew “I live in D.C. and Cape Code, don’t own a car, but yet understand America” Sullivan

Watching this for the first time, as opposed to reading it, it’s very clear that Palin has never heard of the Bush doctrine on pre-emption, perhaps the most significant element of his disastrous legacy in foreign policy: She is clearly out of her depth.

And his Quote of the Day (which he adopts as his own)

Forget about Trooper-gate and creationism. Forget about the truly low, cynical people who think that being the target of “liberal ridicule” necessarily means you’re qualified to lead the country. Forget about moose-hunting and pipelines. You simply can’t be a credible VP nominee and have no idea what the Bush doctrine is. Watch this clip. And then think about the people who say Andrew has lost his mind over Palin’s nomination. I admit, for a while I wondered why he was going so hard. Now I know. And now I know who, truly, must be out their minds,

And then there is Charles Krauthammer - who incidently coined the term The Bush Doctrine. He ought to know about it, right??

Presidential doctrines are inherently malleable and difficult to define. The only fixed “doctrines” in American history are the Monroe and the Truman doctrines which come out of single presidential statements during administrations where there were few other contradictory or conflicting foreign policy crosscurrents.

Such is not the case with the Bush doctrine.

Yes, Sarah Palin didn’t know what it is. But neither does Charlie Gibson. And at least she didn’t pretend to know — while he looked down his nose and over his glasses with weary disdain, sighing and “sounding like an impatient teacher,” as the Times noted. In doing so, he captured perfectly the establishment snobbery and intellectual condescension that has characterized the chattering classes’ reaction to the mother of five who presumes to play on their stage.

Read his whole piece. Its worth starting a countdown - of every day - until Andrew Sullivan either admits that when it comes to the Bush Doctrine, he’s actually less intelligent than Sarah Palin, or he decides to go back to Europe. I suspect this ones going to go on for some time.

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