Who is dumb?

Certainly every person in this country is entitled to their own opinion, including Ann Althouse.

However, if a person chooses to write a blog, their opinions need, at the very least, to make just a little sense. In this case, Ann Althouse does not make sense.

She titled a post on her blog, "Sarah Palin is dumb."

Ms. Althouse, if you wanted to call Governor Palin stupid, perhaps you should have chosen to maybe, umm... not look like such a blithering idiot yourself.

How is it that anyone with common sense can take these two statements written in the same blog post, and come to the same conclusions you did, Ms. Althouse?

Ms. Althouse on Nicolle Wallace (a former McCain campaign senior staffer):

Had to trust? Because of your limited experience? Who else would you trust? Wallace was pushing for her own former employer, CBS! Her recommendation of Couric had an element of self-interest and should have been discounted.

So, according to Ms. Althouse, Palin should not have trusted the staffer assigned to her.

Apparently, they were afraid you were not ready, and they were right, so why didn't you trust them or at least accept that you owed them control over the presidential campaign? You agreed to take the subordinate position, and you had to know that their reasons for picking you had to do with image and style. If you weren't prepared to do it their way, you should not have accepted the part.

Now Ms. Althouse thinks Palin should have trusted the McCain campaign, which, presumably, would include the people who staffed it.

Either Governor Palin was stupid for listening to the McCain campaign or she was stupid for not listening to the McCain campaign. Please, Ms. Althouse, pick a side to argue.

Ace over at AoSHQ has a post addressing this quote from Ms. Althouse:

Why didn't you have a say [about what media you were interviewed by]? There's that "really" hedging: You didn't really have a say. You're pleading passivity and impotence but you want us to think you have what it takes to be President of the United States?

Ace says, in part:

Althouse's analysis seems to easily gloss over the fact that John McCain really was the boss here, and Sarah Palin really was the underling.

Please go read his post in its entirety.

Of course, all of this comes from Ms. Althouse reading two pages of a 400+ page book. It's always a great idea to write about opinions that you formed by reading less than 0.5% of what you're discussing, isn't it?

Since it's clear that Ms. Althouse doesn't know what she's talking about here, what was the purpose of her writing this post? Perhaps she plans to follow in Kathleen Parker’s footsteps. Calling Governor Palin stupid may actually get her on MSNBC. Yippee!

Of course, all of Ms. Althouse’s credibility will be lost when she sets foot on the MSNBC parking lot. Who cares about that, when you get to hang with the dreamy and spiritually uplifting Keith Olbermann, right?

Could you do us a favor, Ms. Althouse?

When you cross paths with Kathleen Parker and Nicolle Wallace at the MSNBC studios, could you tell them that the ordinary barbarians at C4P said “hi” and give them a great big Alaska bear hug for us? Those ladies will need lots of hugs over the next few weeks, it is going to be a bumpy ride.

One more question, Ms. Althouse... Are you still seeing Barack Obama in your dreams? I am just curious.

And please pick a side of the road to drive on, Ms. Althouse.

Update: RSM says:

[Professor Althouse] ask[s], why didn't Sarah Palin "have a say" in her media strategy? The answer is simple and obvious: It wasn't her campaign and it wasn't her staff.

Update II: Ms. Althouse responds here.