Richard Cohen’s editorializing in the <em>Washington Post</em> is so consistently awful, I feel it’s only fair that I point out that he is dead-on with this bit from today’s column:

Probably the most depressing thing about Palin is not her selection but the defense of it. It has produced a parade of GOP spokesmen intent on spiking the needle on a polygraph. Looking right into the camera, they offer statement after statement that they hope the voters will swallow but that history will forget. The sum effect on the diligent news consumer is a feeling of consummate contempt for the intelligence of the American people — a contempt that will be justified should Palin be the factor that makes McCain a winner in November.

And yes, I realize that I’m going against my own advice to avoid piling on Governor Palin, but the ongoing torrent of revelations surrounding her tenure in Alaska is making that really, really difficult.