"Joe the Plumber's" Mottled Brain

Remember "Joe the Plumber?" He was the guy who lied for John McCain and the Republicans, asking Obama a setup question during the campaign that was filmed for posterity. Turns out he was lying about his personal business and McCain and Palin put him on display as an example of middle America. He made the talk show circuit, and became quite the political celebrity and Republican hero, making uneducated comments about world and U.S. politics.

Joe has been quoted as saying: "McCain "is no public servant." ...McCain was trying to use me. ...I happened to be the face of middle Americans. ...It was a ploy. ...I don’t owe him s—. ...He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.” Duh, Mr. "Joe the Plumber," it took you over a year to figure that out? To quote my friend and mentor Forrest Gump, "stupid is as stupid does."

The next thing you know Sarah Palin will be saying that she was used...

Sarah Palin Was for "Death Panels"

As is the case with most right wingers, Sarah Palin often has to eat her words. In this case it was a proclamation announcing "Healthcare Decisions Day" in Alaska in April of 2008. Read on gentle friends.

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."

Say What?

After three years as Gov. of Alaska, Sarah Palin is resigning. I cannot imagine how this egotistical bimbo will survive without that bully pulpit. How will she keep her name in the news without another scandal for her to downplay? Comedians will not make jokes about her that she can milk to the last drop. How will she continue to exploit her unwed daughter's motherhood? Come to think of it, Palin has been so maligned lately by the Republican leaderhip, she may be leaving to get her name out of the news. Maybe she figures it will be better to not be seen and heard for a couple of years.

There is speculation that the resignation is tied to a run for something in 2012, but I wonder... Has she signed a contract with FALSE News? All the other losers ended up there: Karl Rove, Mike Huckabee, Ollie North, Geraldo Rivera. After all, her close adviser's wife, Greta, works there. Or...no...it could not be. You do not suppose she has been to Argentina lately? Could it be that she is Sanford's "soul mate?" Have they been making hankey-pankey at the Governor's meetings?

If Ms Palin actually believes that she has a chance to be a viable candidate for the presidency, and I think she does believe such, it could be the greatest election landslide for her opponent that this country has ever seen. Actually, I do not think that she would get past the primaries. If the GOP continues to be the almost ineffective party that it currently is, she would set it back so far it would never recover. Only the die hard Republican base believes in Palin, mainly because of her religious beliefs. Unfortunately for the GOP, religion is the only qualification that these people see in a candidate.

Sarah, we will miss you, but thanks for the memories. We had some great laughs at your expense. We saw some great examples of Republican hypocrisy come from your brief stay on the national stage. We learned about the AIP and your husband's involvement in this very anti-American group. We learned that religious talk alone does not prevent pregnancies in teenagers. Good parenting works better. We learned that a woman can have a baby and no one can know about the pregnancy beforehand. We learned that a person can be elected Governor of Alaska and be a candidate for VP of the United States and know little about the world outside Alaska. Gosh, I could go on and on...but I will not.