Idle Gossip: Is Sarah Palin on Drugs?

Well, I don’t really think so, although this “Every Breath You Take ” video (and the comments following), sure can lead one to that thought. And when you cogitate for while, you can say well, she has a high stress job, a high stress family, and lives in the methamphetamine capital of the US (and Bristol certainly had lots of access to meth). All that coupled with her abrupt resignation from the Governor’s office? Well, one can definitely say maybe she’s going to drug rehab.

I still don’t think so; I think the crazy/dumb thing is all her and not drug fueled in any way. Although if it were drugs then at least I could make some sense of her!

Yep, the Republicans are Racists

Well, not all of them, of course.

I have long felt that there was a lot of racism in the Republican Party. But I always felt it was of the more subtle kind—like not realizing that certain assumptions they make imply racism. Well, that has all gone out the window.

In his blog on The Daily Beast, John Avlon reports on some horribly racist statements made by Young Republicans on Facebook, and the ensuing fallout from that.

There are SO many disturbing things here, but to me the worst thing is that NOTHING is happening to Audra Shay or anyone else who failed to react to these statments. You cannot call yourself the “Party of Lincoln”, claim that Sarah Palin is “attacked” only because she is a woman, and then stand idly by while racist statements are made in defense of your party and politics. If the party wants to rehabilitate itself at all, it needs to fire these people immediately.

Shay’s response said

“I immediately deleted the derogatory and outright disgusting comments and subsequently posted a statement on my Facebook Status stating that in no way, shape or form are the comments posted by other individuals a reflection of me or my beliefs as an American, a Veteran, a Mother or a Candidate. I do not, nor would I ever, condone that type of language or behavior.”

To me, that falls FAR short of saying want needs to be said, loud and clear for all to hear: that racist language has no place in the Republican Party, and those who insist on using it should feel free to leave. The party could win back a lot of now-independent voters with that one simple statement, but I suspect that many in the party are afraid of losing any remaining loyalists. Let’s see if they have the guts.

What’s the Difference Between a Hockey Mom and a Pit Bull?

Q. What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?
A. Narcissistic personality disorder

Q. What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?
A. A pit bull isn’t a quitter

Q. What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?
A. A pit bull isn’t embarrassing to the Republican Party.

Bridge to Nowhere–Top 10 Reasons for Sarah Palin’s Resignation

So Sarah Palin is resigning as Alaska’s Governor. So far, we have no indication why, but we have to assume the reason will come to light in the coming days.

Could any of these be her reason:

1. Wants to pursue playing the victim fulltime?

2. She’s Mark Sanford’s soul mate?

3. Entering a facility to handle her narcissistic personality disorder?

4. Overcome with grief over Michael Jackson’s death?

5. She is a gay American?

6. Torrid affair with Joe the Plumber?

7. Torrid affair with Jon Gosselin?

8 Torrid affair with Kate Gosselin!?!

9. Has converted and wants to replace John Travolta as posterboy for Scientology?

10. Wants to pioneer the practice of attachment grandparenting?

UPDATE: looks like it might just be (yawn) plain old corruption and embezzlement

Idle Gossip: Is Joe Scarborough Having an Affair?

So anybody who watches Morning Joe on MSNBC must be thinking what I and many others are thinking: are Joe and Mika having an affair?

Apparently there was some concern a year ago that something was going on between Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski, (both of whom are married, by the by), and anybody who watches now can’t help but wonder:

1) Why Mika needs to accompany Joe all around the country on the tour for his new book, The Last Best Hope, when she has nothing to do with it;

2) Why Joe and Mika always seem to show up so late and/or disheveled looking; and

3) Why the two are practically sitting in each other’s laps during the show. In this clip, notice about a minute and a half in when Mika starts holding Joe’s hand!

Other “evidence”? Joe’s bristling when New York Times interviewer Deborah Solomon asked him why he lived apart from his family, in addition to Joe and Mika’s constant pooh-pooing of the entire Sanford affair, as if it were just a personal peccadillo and not the deep unraveling of a man unfit to serve, and none of our concern. Also, why would Mika go to the trouble to suggest that George Stephanopoulos have Joe as a guest on This Week? Is she really that gaga about him?

Furthermore, there have been whispers of infidelity on Scarborough’s part in the past, which doesn’t help us believe he’s a very good boy.

Now I’m sure there are plenty of reasons to NOT suspect the affair as well. One of which is that the two seem so unpleasant, who would want to sleep with either of them?

UPDATE: Joe Scarborough just posted this piece in reaction to Sarah Palin’s resignation, and he talks about the speculation I noted above that he left office because of an affair; he says he needed to be with his family. My only question to him would be why he is living apart from his family now, as mentioned in the NY Times piece above…it all seems rather disinegenuous.