In response to a great political speech by Governor Palin, making it clear that she is not an idiot (only the devil), and Obama still has a chance to lose, the Dow Industrials responded by plummeting 340 points in the worst day since June.

Obviously, the causation is not true, but there was no reason given by the pundits for such a wild swing of pessimism.  It’d be pretty awesome if everyone was so pissed off they sold their stock and headed for the hills.