Buh-Bye II: S’long Caribou Barbie!

Man, 2009 is like the year of the yearned-for validiction. First we got to send off that cocky dastard after eight chaotic/ idiotic years, and now we get to kiss cuckoo-bananas good-bye.

… or maybe its not quite that simple. But with lame-duck Governor Palin, it never really was. It seems that she’s passed the baton of batshit insane on to Rep. Michele Bachmann, and drifted off to the irratic/ unpredicataby- sorry- “maverick-y”, side of herself.

JUNEAU, Alaska – Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a “higher calling” with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.

“I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint,” she said.

Palin also cast herself as a victim and blasted the media, calling the response to her announcement “predictable” and out of touch.

“How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country,” the statement said. “And though it’s honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make.”

the punditry is beside itself.

Maureen Dowd: Caribou Barbie Is One Nutty Puppy

Sherrilyn Ifill, Professor of Law, U. Md.: Watching this news conference felt like watching a public figure unravel before our very eyes. And it wasn’t pretty. This lady was spooked, scared, angry, I thought, and incoherent.

Andrew Rotherham, Co-founder and publisher, Education Sector: I can see political trouble from my house.

Patrick J. Egan, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, NYU: Governing was never her strong suit.

David Boaz, Executive VP, Cato Institute: Will we one day say that her presidency was “born on the Fourth of July”? I doubt it.

William Jelani Cobb, Professor of History, Spelman College: This is obviously part of a vast left-wing conspiracy designed to assure Barack Obama a second term and, if Rush Limbaugh is to be believed, several more after that.

in case you missed the incoherent ramble echoing from Wasilla, AK:

and our friends at kos:

There’s an old saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

And so, being that she’s a fighter, it should have come as a surprise to nobody that Alaska Gov. Sarah “Barracuda” Palin decided to take a page from Eric Cartman’s playbook.

In her resignation speech, which many have described as rambling and/or bizarre, Palin announced her desire to “effect positive change outside government.”

Palin + outside government = change I can believe in.

I’m a little more skeptical. Like I said on Nov 5th last year, we haven’t seen the last of Palin. I mean, she’s 45 years young, unabashed, and the Republican Party’s best (only) charismatic asset (I’ll direct your attention once again to the image at the very top of this post). No, we ain’t seen all of Palin. And certainly not if Letterman and Levi have anything to do with it.

au revoire ma cuckoo amie,
Sunshine Superboy

The Gift That Keeps on Giving Bachmann

::sigh::
What would political comedians do without you and your crazy?!

Oh, Michele…
::sigh::

No, not the badass one doing organic gardening at the White House and giving the Merry Ol’ Queen of England french kisses (one on each cheek, eh?). The crazy one. Michele with one “L”. While you were distracted by the shiny, not-so-bright object governor Sarah-Tina-Fey-Should-Pay-Me-Beaucoup-Royalties-Palin, this other totally bananas elected official has been cavalierly ferrying back and forth between scarily entertaining and just down right scary.

Her latest? A not-so-artful gesture to Democratic Presidential power coinciding with Swine Flu outbreaks. Cereally. Nevermind the fact that Republican Gerald Ford was in office during the outbreak that she cites, just check out the googly look in her eyes, and tell me you don’t get a Palin-RNC chill shimmying right down your spine:

The first two minutes is the best window of the cuckoo-bananas Minnesotan rep. OMMFG:

oh right. and then there was the time when she spoke at a gathering of conservatives on Capitol Hill, wherein she called out to Michael Steele, the only African-American RNC chair in history, and ACTUALLY said to him…

As Steele concluded his remarks, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann — the event’s moderator — told Steele he was “da man.”

“Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man,” she said.

crazy and racist. and clueless. gotta love it.

If you’ve heard of Bachmann at all, you probably saw this from just before the elections. A witch-hunt in congress of all those darn (secret) anti-americans on capitol fucking hill?

One thing is amusing. Intermittently, Matthews tries to pin her down in her blanket screeds against liberals, and asks her to state specifically whether some Democrat is actually, literally anti-American. You can see her expression lock in place, her eyes stare blankly out, and you can imagine her tiny brain doing little shuddery spasms of confusion in the vast and roomy vault of her cranium…then , she glides right past the question and continues her imprecatory rant.

On the bright side, those of y’all Minnesotans who might be seeking asylum from the crazy are not too far from the Canadian border:

and here I was hoping they broke the mold after Palin. For the sake of Johnny Stewart et al, I am so very glad I was wrong…. Still, I hope they boot you so far from your DC office in the 2010 elections yr ass has “chuck taylor” imprinted in your pantsuit. Tootles : )

The World, and all of its natural substances like CO2, is Yours,
Sunshine Superboy