Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, appeared with James Carville on Larry King last night defending those who believe Barack Obama is not a citizen, otherwise known as “birthers.”

No Liz. These folks aren’t fundamentally uncomfortable with Obama because he’s “afraid to defend America.” They are fundamentally uncomfortable because he is black. And you and others like you are milking it for all it’s worth.

A bi-partisan report running 1000 pages was released in Alaska today concluding that Sarah Palin abused her power as governor to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police force, but violated no laws.

I guess this is the kind of governance we can expect if Sarah Palin takes the office of the Vice President. Suddenly Dick Cheney’s shoes don’t seem quite so big, and Palin is certainly a better shot.