Stoopid Is As Stoopid Does

The Republicans are making hay in New York because their candidate beat Democrat David Weprin in the interim election to  fill Anthony Wiener's unfinished term.  "This is a referendum on Obama," they bleat. The comment immediately becomes the media question of the day. "Does this mean Obama is in trouble?"  In a word, NO.  Redistricting is going to do away with that seat in 2012 anyway.  This is no big defeat for the Democrats. 

Some of the pundits are suggesting that Weprin lost because he lost the Jewish vote.  Again, NO.  Weprin changed his tactics in mid campaign, and went on the attack against Obama, for some odd reason. The Democrats really don't want to elect someone who does that.  As for the Jewish vote, well, judging from recent photos of Weprin, if I were Jewish, I wouldn't vote for a man whose photo reminds me of Hitler. I'm just sayin'.

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Michele Bachmann brought the crazy once again and is consequently taking some heat for claiming that some woman told her that her daughter became mentally retarded after she was given the HPV  vaccine.  It seems much more likely to me that the girl simply grew into the family gene pool. 

The medical profession is appalled.




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Sarah Palin's in the news, again.  This time, the story going around is that Glen Rice, a basketball player for the University of Michigan had a one night stand with her years ago, when the team was in Anchorage for the Great Alaska Shootout.  Glen admits it. So far, Palin hasn't decided whether it will help or hurt her image.




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Pat Robertson says it's OK to divorce a wife with Alzheimer's, as long as she has custodial care and somebody to look after her.  He said, "If he's (the husband) going to do something, (cheat on her), he should divorce her and start over." I get it.  It's morally wrong to cheat a wife who no longer recognizes you, but not morally wrong to dump her.  The man's a fool. Always was, always will be.

Palin Quits Again

Sarah Palin apparently just suddenly decided to park that big old bus and go back to Alaska. Before we could either heave a sigh of relief or groan with disappointment, she announced that she'll be back and resume the tour "when it's time." Whatever that means.

There's speculation my the media (who never gets it right) that this means she's not running for president. They need to stop trying to figure out why she does what she does. The one thing she is, is unpredictable. And, she likes it that way.

Personally, I'd love to see her get in the race. Can you imagine what a fine political cat fight that would be, between Palin and Bachmann?  I think Bachmann would come out on top, simply because she's a lot smarter than Palin.  But, Palin is scrappy enough to make it a fun fight.

Run, Sarah, Run.

Stay tuned.

Memorial in Tucson

Oh, boy. Sarah Palin and John Boehner both managed to step in it today, didn't they?  I can't say I'm surprised.

Mrs. Palin didn't exactly cover herself with glory when she released a tape this morning, characterizing herself as a victim in the many discussions of the possible causes of the shooting in Tucson.  She first pointed out that the only person who was responsible for the shooting was the shooter, himself.  Then, in the next breath, she blamed the media and the pundits.

In the middle of her psychobabble, she made some convoluted comparison to "blood libel," which served no obvious purpose other than to point out her antisemitism. Blood Libel is a false accusation that Jews use the blood of Christian children in certain of their religious rituals.  It certainly had no bearing on what happened Saturday in Tucson. Wonder which of her minions persuaded her to use that phrase.

Then, there was the "Weeper of the House,"  John Boehner.  He got all chocked up, once again, as he spoke during the House of Representatives' memorial.  He was apparently so upset that he couldn't bear to go to the memorial in Tucson because he  refused both an invitation from the Governor of Arizona and an invitation from President Obama to accompany him to Arizona in Air Force One.

Boehner had a previous commitment.  He had to go to a cocktail party with a bunch of lobbyists who had their billfolds open. Later, Tom Brokaw commented that it would have been no problem postponing the fund raiser for a day or more.

So, who thinks the political rhetoric will be toned down?

Gotta Get the Guns

Oh, hush! I'm not talking about hunting rifles or antique gun collections. If you're the proud owner of a Blunderbuss, I don't want you to turn it in. I refer to handguns and automatic and semi-automatic weapons. This country is reverting to the days of the Wild West, and it has to stop. If not, it won't be safe for anyone to go outside without worrying about being gunned down at the mall or at church or in the workplace by some deranged individual who has taken Sarah Palin's website and reckless lock and load oratory to heart.  She took her target and cross-hairs maps down in a hurry after the media pointed out that she had targeted Rep. Gaby Gifords, among others.

And, don't forget Sharon Angler's "Second Amendment Solution" rhetoric. That couldn't have escaped Jared Loughner's notice as he searched for validation of what he was planning.

Our politicians are good at scaring the bejeezus out of  us with their dire predictions.  Maybe this shooting has succeeded in scaring them enough to pass a law or two putting some teeth into the existing gun laws. Maybe they'll send a message to the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck and the NRA that enough is enough. Maybe it will take more crazies shooting at THEM to get through to them.  We'll see.

Stay tuned.

Stop The Presses

At the rate things are going right now, all the illegal aliens in the U.S. will soon be knocking down the fence, trying to get abck into Mexico. One little problem solved.

There was a popular saying here in the south when I was growing up. It went, "Save your Confederate money, boys, the South's gonna rise again!" Well, I hope some of it was saved, because is may be worth something again, soon.

So, now, we're printing money to aid in the bailout. At least, that was the word last week. If that's true, and they are dusting off the old printing presses, we'll soon be taking money to the grocery store in wheelbarrows, just to buy a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk.

And, our fearless leader? Well, he appeared a couple of times last week, rising out of the mists of Washington D.C., reminiscent of Brigadoon, spouted a few platitudes about the economy, and faded away into the White House, again.

Media types are in a swivet over the situation. Why? Caring? Compassion? No. Because they are all losing lots and lots of money. Too bad, so sad. Maybe they'll have to go back to working for a living, and doing research and checking facts.

Mitt Romney made a comment at the GOP Convention that went: "McCain's going to take a weed-whacker to regulation. Think about it.

Here's something else to think about. Suppose John McCain wins the election. This would be bad enough, but suppose he has a sudden fatal heart attack. Suppose Sarah Palin gets to make decisions about the economic problems we're having. Suppose she has to deal with the Iraq war. Suppose there is a devastating international incident, and suppose Sarah Palin must deal with world leaders. Suppose the last three more liberal justices of the Supreme Court resign or worse, and Sara Palin gets to decide on their successors. THINK HARD!

Finally, Secretary Paulson, who is not an elected official, is pushing hard to get Congress to move fast and pass the bill that will give him unlimited power without accountability or oversight. Think about that.

And, by the way, I don't ever want to hear anyone in the Republican Party accusing the Democrats of being Socialists.

The Next Veep?

Oh, I think not.

Do you think the American Flag was meant to be worn in this way? Again, I think not.

Stay tuned.