Scapegoat Sarah

As much of a fucking idiot Sarah Palin is, apparently the in-thing these days for the republican party is to bash the former VP pick.

She is stupid. Let's get that straight. And I recognize the fact that Obama's win has "zen-ed" me out, but Palin's idiocy does not a lost election make. Two words: Dan Quayle.

So, now that the election's over, apparently it's okay to let out information that was given to journalists off the record. No, Palin did not know that Africa was a continent. No, she can't name what countries make up NAFTA. But some moron thought it was a good idea to pick her as a running mate. On a major party ticket...and not, like, the beer party. Oh, Tennessee.

So, who's to blame...let's run down the list:

Karl Rove - there's always the possibility that Mr. Rove was directing behind the scenes, except I highly doubt it because he's trying to reshape his career, plus this campaign was supposed to be a ceremonious passing of the torch to his offspring (like Attwater to Rove)

Rick Davis - he WAS supposed to be steering the ship, but at the end was driving all over the road (yes, I know I start off with a metaphor about ships and end with automobile imagery)

Steve Schmidt - swooped in late in the game, but just in time to fuck things up; wait, was HE steering the ship??

Bill McInturff - the man whom I can only assume to be single handedly responsible for the campaign's constant suspension of belief; his polls must have been limited to the protesters outside of Planned Parenthood and people that live in Utah - and I'm not the only skeptic

Trevor Potter - whatever the hell he did, aside from be gay and shockingly so...dramaqueen

Mark Salter - chief of staff either does a whole lot or nothing at all; but something tells me that he was mainly just grandpa's bitch

Carly Fiorina - who told America that she wouldn't hire Sarah Palin to do her dishes...or something like that

Phil Gramm - the man that Randi Rhodes refers to as "Foreclosure Phil"; IT'S NOT A RECESSION, WHINERS!!!!

Charles Black, Jr. - dealing with personal demons over that fateful 1972 College Republicans race

And now, they're all trying to figure out who to exile. I'm telling you, when chickens come home to roost, they really hit hard. Karma's a bitch. You get what you give. All of those cliche sayings. But really, at this point, they're a platform-less party; being defined in 1960 by opposing LBJ's support of Civil Rights for ALL Americans is not really a platform that spans generations. Especially when you lost on that issue.

I'm just saying.