I have a spy at The Weekly Standard—let’s call him Z.—and he emailed me earlier today to say that Bill Kristol locked himself in his office first thing this morning so he could go into InDesign and crank out his latest Standard column about Sarah Palin. Kristol’s been writing about Palin for both the Standard and The New York Times, so he’s having trouble coming up with fresh justifications for her candidacy. It’s pretty thin gruel at this point, and he’s getting frustrated. Apparently his cursing has been audible throughout the floor all morning. Kristol stepped out for lunch a few minutes ago, and Z. went into the publishing system and printed up a copy of Kristol’s work-in-progress. Z. just emailed me a scan of the page:

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The scan might be hard to read at this size, so I’ve retyped the text and posted it after the jump.
Who Am I Kidding?
Last week, Sarah Palin made her historic visit to the United Nations, where she met with Henry Kissinger and other foreign policy luminaries who will happily help her get up to speed if John McCain dies and she becomes president. What are people so worried about? Hell, we could have handled Quayle if we’d had to. In fact, that would have been awesome. It doesn’t matter that Palin is inexperienced, an empty vessel, a know-nothing, because Cheney has assured the people who matter that he can step in if
No. No.
Focus, Kristol, focus.
This lipsticked revolutionary has invigorated the McCain campaign and shown the nation’s media that sexism will not be tolerated on the campaign trail—but deference and laziness will. By the way, Ron Fournier, can you get the entire Republican party some coffee while you’re at it? Ha ha, just kidding.
No.
How do I love Sarah Palin? Let me count the
Sarah Palin is so hot that voters will
As long as the Alaska firecracker doesn’t have to hold any press conferences, she’ll be
The Killa from Wasilla may not know much about foreign policy or domestic policy,
Um.
Fuck. Fuckfuckfuck.
Usually so good at this. I know I signed up for Palin. Knew this was the only way the old man could win. So what’s the problem. Come on, Kristol, work the magic, work the magic, bring the genius…
It doesn’t matter that Sarah Palin is completely ignorant of economics, science, world affairs,
While I would never argue that Sarah Palin’s vagina entitles her to special treatment, the media must
Fuckity fuckity fuck.
Get one of the interns to write this week’s?
have to come up with something for the hed
Ugh, Fred Barnes just farted again.
Time to step out to Subway and get a sandwich
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