Leaked Memo

I have had exclusive access to a Democratic Party memo that proposes a strategy for the upcoming Vice President debate. At the end of the debate Joe Biden will turn to Sarah Palin and say;

"That'll do pig. That'll do."

I think that this is a mistake.

Don't Blink Twice, It's Alright

I don't really want to comment on the US Elections (but I will anyway). In her interview with Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin was asked if she had any hesitation about accepting the role of Vice President. She said not, and emphasised this by asserting that "you can't blink" in these kinds of situations. Implying that you have to act immediately.

Well she's wrong. The sign of a good leader (in any walk of life)is not one who acts without thinking but one who acts intelligently and with reason. The Canadian election has provided examples of people acting "without blinking" in the form of e-mails and press releases. They have lived to regret it.

I have never read Sun Tzu's fabled "Art of War" but I'm willing to bet that one of the pieces of advice isn't "act immediately with no fore-thought". Politics (once you are in power) is a game of chess, but too many of today's politicians think that boasting about their lack of thought is an electoral asset. The worrying thing is that they might just be right.