Zen & The Art of Self-Contradiction

John McCain might be so old his passport lists Pangea as country of birth (yay, plate techtonics joke!), but that wisdom of age thing seems to be a bit hit and miss. Or is he a Zen master whose deep pronouncements sail over the heads of the average herd?

With Obama's approval rating now so low, and Palin's so inexplicably high, there's only a one point diff between the two in a hypothetical presidential race. So what does McCain say about his goofy veep pick now she's become so powerful?

"I think that Sarah Palin … has earned herself a very big place in the Republican political scene," says McCain. But he then adds "She’s irrelevant."

Very Zen. Or is McCain just being nonsensical and self-contradicting? What the hell is he talking about?

Maybe this signifies nothing more than a leading GOP'er admitting that the 'Republican scene' itself is irrelevant. Spent, used, degraded... much like himself.