Sarah Palin or Theodora Roosevelt
Thomas Smith, Jr.



The eye-rolling disgust I felt over Barack Obama’s Nuremberg-esque lovefest in Colorado was salved only by my alma mater’s (the Univ. of South Carolina) victory over North Carolina State, airing on ESPN ten yards from my sofa where I spent most of Thursday evening.

College football is a great escape to be sure. The country may be going down the tubes – I remember considering as I switched the channel from the cult-like goings on at Denver’s Invesco Field to the action over at Williams-Brice stadium in Columbia, S.C. -- but for the next four quarters I wouldn’t have to think about it.

My Carolina Gamecocks won big, 34-0, so I went to bed happy.

Then there was the great bit of news I received early Friday morning from one of my sources – hours before the official announcement – “Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was going to be McCain’s VP pick.â€