But Palin, on the other hand, was enough to make anyone sweat who was hoping the leader of the free world, or vice leader of the free world, would have a basic knowledge of geography, American history and this little document we refer to as the Constitution.
Now, in 2012, we’re going to have Michele Bachmann. Yet another pretty brunette with a bright smile and violent tendencies. She also possesses a startling lack of scientific understanding, American history, basic legal knowledge (which is alarming, ’cause she’s a lawyer) and prioritization skills. Girlfriend actually thinks that GAY MARRIAGE is the biggest threat our country will face in the next 30 years. I don’t care what you think of gay marriage, you’re missing something if you think it’s on the top of the list of problems facing Uncle Sam right now. In fact, you’re probably missing a whole list of somethings.
We won’t even get into the part where Bachmann encouraged armed resistance against various lawful actions by the United States Government while serving in Congress. Which is sedition under section 2383 of title 18 of the US Code (this fun fact supplied by the Minnesota Independent). And sedition is the next best thing to treason. This from a woman with serious tendencies towards McCarthyism who spends a lot of time calling President Obama and many of her congressional colleagues anti-American.
And yet, when Ms. Bachmann announced her official entry into the 2012 Republican Primaries at the second official GOP debate on Monday, her announcement “stole the show,” and “brought new energy to the Republican Primary race.” Yes. I’m sure it will. Plus a strong streak of total bat-shit crazy-face-ness.
WTF, ladies? We can’t do better than this? I mean sure, having another crazy brunette running for the big house this campaign season will give Tina Fey the chance to try a new role, but Tina is a creative girl. I’m sure she can come up with new skits all on her own. This is getting embarrassing. We all know a girl can do anything a boy can do, and she can do it going backwards and in three inch heels. Ginger Rogers taught us that for goodness sakes. So why on earth is there not someone with the ovaries it takes to run for the White House who is not also completely and totally out of her mind?
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…or, the nation gets dumber because our educational system is getting hijacked, people are eating crappy food (hence obesity problems which show a correlation with LESS SMARTS), and poor exercise habits, (that one is obvious), and then we will be ready for a Sarah Palin or a Michelle Bachmann, or perhaps if we’re good boys and girls, we can get another George W. Bush. Woo hoo!
Happy Friday! 😀
We need to get an INTELLIGENT woman to run people. Someone with their priorities in check. The biggest threat? Really? Can anyone else say “Homophobe”? I mean, is it more threatening than unemployment? The economy? Terrorism? Global warming? I can think of any number of things more threatening than gay marriage, for god’s sake! Come on lady! GEEZ! You make women look like unintelligent ditzes! No wonder we haven’t had a woman president yet and probably won’t for awhile, at least if we keep having candidates like you!