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Kevin Powell & Sarah Palin: Strange Bedfellows?

Submitted by Gothanonymous Reader (not verified) on 8 September 2008 - 12:31pm.

I thought this was actually an interesting story over on R8NY. Basically, some voter thinks there are parallels in the personalities of newly-minted GOP Veep candidate Sarah Palin and BK-10 congressional candidate and reality-TV-star Kevin Powell:

LINK: Kevin Powell and Sarah Palin, Playing from the Same Playbook

I do think some of the points are kinda interesting at least. I'm really not a fan of Kevin Powell, but I thought this was an interesting commentary on the type of slash-and-burn politics that I hope we voters can get past in this potentially history-making election year.

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