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The more I see of politics, the more I hate that we have to put up with it. In a news item on the Alaska state website dated August 8, Governor Palin had some words to say about some points Obama made in a Michigan speech. Specifically, she was commenting on a part of his energy plan regarding Alaska. Obama said,

Over the next five years, we should also lease more of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas production. And we should also tap more of our substantial natural gas reserves and work with the Canadian government to finally build the Alaska natural gas pipeline, delivering clean natural gas and creating good jobs in the process.

Governor Palin's remarks were,

"I am pleased to see Senator Obama acknowledge the huge potential Alaska’s natural gas reserves represent in terms of clean energy and sound jobs,” Governor Palin said. “The steps taken by the Alaska State Legislature this past week demonstrate that we are ready, willing and able to supply the energy our nation needs." "We in Alaska feel that crunch and are taking steps to address it right here at home,” Governor Palin said. “This is a tool that must be on the table to buy us time until our long-term energy plans can be put into place. We have already enjoyed the support of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, and it is gratifying to see Senator Obama get on board.

Pretty innocuous, if you ask me. Despite the title of the news item ("Palin Pleased with Obama's Energy Plan"), she's not really praising Obama or his plan so much as pimping Alaska's oil industry. Unfortunately, now that Palin is McCain's VP pick you can no longer see this on the Alaska state website. Google cached it on August 28, so you can see it there. What irks me about this is the obvious reason for the post's removal. That is, you can't have either member on a presidential ticket saying anything that could be construed as 'support' or 'praise' for any of the opposing ticket's policies. Later, if Palin or McCain criticize Obama's plan, no one can come back with a link to the news item to call them hypocrites (unless it sticks around in Google's cache for a while). It's a reminder that political candidates are never really free to speak their minds. More importantly, it's one of the many blatant examples that demonstrate the absurdity of politics. We, the people, listen to members of an elite class of society telling us all of the things we want to hear and decide who says it the best. Like Fox Mulder, we want to believe. We know deep down inside that it's a dog and pony show, but we carry on emotionally because we want it to be true. We know they are bending the truth, or leaving bits of it out. We know they are manipulating the headlines with carefully crafted soundbites and covering up the things they don't want us to see, things that often actually make them appear more human. I can just never get over how we so wilfully ignore what is right in front of our faces. It really borders on the absurd.