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Hockey moms across the nation collectively ovulated in sheer rapture Wednesday night at the coming of their messiah. Palin's pointed attacks on Obama were justified and applauded by "political speech experts" for their use of humor. The awkwardly-executed humor was the type you're supposed to laugh at, like when the postman tries to make small talk.

Bristol seemed bored even when Mommy attempted a joke about firing the family chef. "She is bored," my dad asserts. "She just wants to go have more sex." I'm thinking she may try to get herself impregnated again, just to really rile up the Creationists.

But why should we care about her perfectly normal, sexually-active teenage daughter or her special needs infant son? Although they may demand a good deal of attention, neither of these kids will be running the show should the Palin ticket win.

Palin laid some serious groundwork for female politicians to come. She executed the emphatic GWB closed-fist thumb point; peppered her remarks alternately with personal anecdotes and professional pats-on-the-back; but most of all, just seemed to have a genuinely good time.

Like mother, like daughter.