horse of george

"You'd actually be comfortable with that bitch Palin being only a heartbeat away?" she asked, the anger rising in her eyes, which got me to thinking that it's too bad I dislike her so because, god damn it, I could really like this girl.

"No, not particularly," I answered. "But neither would I be comfortable with that blowhard Biden being only a heartbeat away and I'm definitely not comfortable with Obama being no heartbeats away at all."

"He's the better choice," she replied with a defiance that made it clear that words for her at this moment were a poor substitute for spit. My heart raced. "A fool could see that."
"You mean of course it would take a fool to see that."
"You're an asshole."

"Hmmn. It's possible. What's not possible is, given the options, to make a good choice here. Although one very much so can make a bad choice..."