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Googling Sarah


Submitted by Cynthia on September 9, 2008 - 10:06pm


OK. It was suggested tonight on Larry King that the only vetting process John McCain used to find Palin was to 'Google' her. So, I decided to try it, too. Of course, a lot has changed in the Google universe in the last two weeks. And a lot has changed in the latest version of Firefox, apparently. Usually, when I enter a phrase in the Google search box of Firefox, it only 'suggests' things I have already previously Googled. Now, it suggests things for me that I have not Googled. And when I wanted to Google Sarah Palin's own words...on ANYTHING....it had the following suggestions for me after I enter the words 'Sarah Palin's'...Sarah Palin's religion, Sarah Palin's family, Sarah Palin's baby, Sarah Palin's children, and Sarah Palin's husband. Now, I ask you...if these suggestions are indicative of the majority of Google-ranked searches, what does this tell you about US, and the U.S., and about what the hell any of those things has to do with being Vice-President?