William Kristol's career includes...

...serving as campaign manager for (the truly wacky) Alan Keyes in his unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate in 1988 and as Chief of Staff for Vice President Dan Quayle during the first Bush administration. More recently, Kristol was one of the "discoverers" of Sarah Palin. (Think about all that next time you get depressed about your career.) Oh, and I almost forgot, Kristol still thinks the Iraq War was a good idea.

The son of the legendary Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb (more about that name another time), Bill Kristol is also the editor of The Weekly Standard, which is part of the Rupert Murdoch empire. (Need I say more?)

As one of Palin's biggest cheerleaders, Kristol has created a line of merchandise such as t-shirts and coffee mugs with the word "refudiate" in it, such as the one above. Clever, huh? Take one of Palin's many shortcomings, in this case her weak command of the English language, and turn it into a positive. Brilliant!

As an Obama supporter, and Democratic-leaning independent, I almost hope that Palin wins the Republican nomination. But as a patriotic American who loves his country, I really hope she doesn't; because the thought of her having even a remote chance of sitting in the Oval Office scares the daylights out of me. America has already had one president who was completely out of his depth; we don't need another one. Besides, a more appropriate career path for Palin might be to return to high school and pay attention this time.

By the way, when I finished writing this post and hit "spellcheck," refudiate was highlighted. Couldn't Palin even figure out how to do that?