"A servant's heart". Yeah, right.

[thewayne]

"Of course. When you have a servant's heart, when you know there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested."
—Sarah Palin, asked if she is interested in running for president in 2016

Because an elected official always resigns before the end of their first term citing that they are a "lame duck". It would be interesting to see her in a full primary, rather than being dropped in as Veep nominee. I think she'd get eaten alive in debates with the likes of Rubio, Cruz, and Mittens. And Palin debating Rand Paul would be very amusing.

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[silveradept]

Palin would not make it past a primary, but I don't know whether it would be because her positions make her unelectable or because the Republican wing of the Tea Party would consider a woman possibly in charge such an affront to their values that they would vote en masse for anybody but her.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

She'd fade somewhat quickly, I just want to hear what the voices in her head tell her to say. It would be endless fodder for Jon Stewart et al.

The problem is, she's about the only woman in the RNC with any significant profile, and they're going to want one to last at least until the convention so they can say "See! We have women, too!" The Dems have both Hillary and Elizabeth Warren

I guess the RNC can always throw up the pig castrater, the problem with her is that her family farm has received over $400,000 in subsidies from the Feds, so she's pre-poisoned.

[silveradept]

The Republicans have been trying that for the last two elections cycles, with no results. Nobody really seems willing yet to talk about the policy problem, so instead they have to go and try to find women who espouse their views, which leaves them with a set of possibilities that aren't top-tier.

If the Republicans want women, they're going to have to change. If they want comedy, though full steam ahead.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

"We have to stop being the party of stupid."

Well, it did get them the '14 election, but I don't think it'll get 'em much further. They have to get religion out of their politics, and they have to start accepting science.

I saw my immunologist Wednesday and we were talking about the Disney Measles outbreak and Jenny McCarthy. He said "Who are you going to trust: a former Playboy bunny or a guy who spent 14 years of his life studying immunology for advice on vaccinating your kids?" This is the Party of Stupid with people happily dancing in their parade.

[silveradept]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups, I suppose. The Republican Party seems content to take trips funded by fringe right groups, so no progress from them, I suppose.

[cp.livejournal.com]

Oh man. After her expression of interest and then her meltdown to utter incoherency when her TelePrompter failed over the weekend, I would pay good money to get her at least as far as the first GOP debate. It would be comedy gold, I tell ya.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I could not believe her incoherency, yet the audience still ate it up. The Daily Show had a great line, calling the AFP conference tryouts for Fox News commentators.

[cp.livejournal.com]

Just catching up on my Daily Show for the week, and saw that segment. Great stuff. I liked Jon's take on Perry's overebullience, and of course Trump who lives for the attention this stuff brings his way but would never actually submit to the rigor and scrutiny of becoming a true candidate. The clown car is filling up fast, though, as this conference and the Koch Bros.' auditions demonstrate.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Today Mittens announced that he was out, so at least one seat in the clown car has become available.

[(Anonymous)]

If Palin were actually put in the White House, it would be disastrous not just for you guys but for the whole planet. She fancies herself a big game hunter and would send drones to Australia to take out some kangaroos. And if she takes out some Australians by accident, well, no one will miss them, right?

Yet the idea of all of the other world leaders, who are mostly jerks, having to grit their teeth while dealing with someone so vapid makes me snicker.

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

That anonymous comment is from me. Sorry, I hadn't realised I wasn't logged in.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I figured it was you, no big deal, I've done that plenty of time on my own.

Yeah, she's a nutter. I saw footage of her at this AFP conference last weekend. Apparently her teleprompter failed, and she was left flailing for over half an hour.

And it simply reinforced my opinion that she's a bumpkin who's well past her point of competency.

The Daily Show called the AFP conference the tryout to be a Fox News commentator. I thought that was hilarious.

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

I read her speech. If the teleprompter fails, you can't expect perfect eloquence, but you need to plot out a sentence before you say it. Take your time. Give the lemmings time to applaud while you think of the next thing to say.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

From what I've seen of 'discussions' on Fox, they have to speak continuously to prevent dissenting voices from being heard, so maybe it's become so ingrained that they feel the same need when they're stumping.

I am reminded of a quote from Douglas Adams, something about aliens analyzing how much humans speak, and initially theorizing that if they stop speaking, their brains would shrink, later revising it to 'If they stop speaking, their brains would start working.'