Republicans Rush In - This is hysterical!

[tannybogus]

One of the great sights of American political life -- a YouTube moment if ever there was one -- was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice and a disaster movie if she moves up to the presidency: "She's the first journalist ever to be nominated, I think, for the president or vice president, and she was a sportscaster on local television," Gingrich said on the "Today" show. "So she has a lot of interesting background. And she has a lot of experience. Remember that, when people worry about how inexperienced she is, for two years she's been in charge of the Alaska National Guard."

It's a pity Gingrich was not around when the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his nickname Caligula, reputedly named Incitatus as a consul and a priest. Incitatus was his horse.

John McCain's selection of Palin, which I first viewed with horror, could now be seen in a different light. Based on various television interviews over the Labor Day weekend -- and a careful reading of the transcripts -- it is possible that this is McCain's attempt to make fools of his fellow Republicans. He has succeeded beyond all expectations.

Gingrich's point about Palin being commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard has been echoed throughout the GOP. In fact, even Cindy McCain pointed out -- rightly enough -- that Alaska is across the Bering Strait from Russia and so Palin, by deduction, has been on the front lines of the Cold War . . . had it not ended in 1989.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090101715_pf.html

Cohen is a jerk, but he IMPALINED McCain!:rofl:

[Mugsy]

1. Gingrich was on Tavis last night.

Gingrich was on with Tavis Smiley last night.

He said that Joe Biden "riding home on federally backed Amtrak every night" was somehow tantamount to being a welfare recipient.

[Waiting For Everyman]

2. That's another great Palin nickname - Incitatus

They wouldn't know if that was a compliment or a slam. :)

Least of all Palin herself.