Offering yet more proof that the Republican Party is populated by nutjobs and miscreants, Sarah Palin announced that she not only will step down from her position as Alaska's Governor, but she did so in a babbling, incoherent 17 minute press conference that made her Katie Couric interview seem like a doctoral dissertation. She follows in the 2010 Republican Nominee Wannabess wake of Bobby "Mr Rogers" Jindahl, Sen John "the worst thing I have ever done in my life" Ensign and Governor Mark "Soul Mate" Sanford in their very public meltdowns.
The schadenfreude many of us are feeling at the GOP's expense is almost Biblical. They put so much effort at being the party of nasty, corrupt uncaring fools that when one drops, my cheerfulness rises. Palin, who on a good day was dumber than a bag of grass clippings, is the apex of what the party has to offer. One-Note-Pianos played in the key of Duh, cramming theocracy down other's throats all the while taking advantage of what ever and whomever they can (ala the $150,000 Bloomingdale shopping spree or Ensign's claim that "it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign)" during Bill Clinton's escapades).
On the other hand, Palin had no scandal on the front burner, which leads me to wonder just what she was running from? The wickedly funny Vanity Fair piece on her on her might have ruffled feathers enough to make her have a public hissy (ala Letterman), but make her quit? Is there a corruption scandal in the background we don't know about? Was Bristol's baby really Sarah's? Who knows? Who cares?
Well, even if we don't care, we're still going to hear about. Despite the fact that Palin and her brood are the glaring example of why The Best and The Brightest can't make it to public office, "The Wasilla Hillbillies" still is the best Reality TV cable news has to offer.
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