A New Set of Chops

So the stodgy old party of conservatives thought what they needed to make this election interesting was a loud-mouthed FISHWIFE- Karl Rove would be very pleased. (In fact, I'm sure he is, as so many of his acolytes have joined the McCain strategists and have been sniffing out where the party could pick up some knee-jerk votes.)

Rove was very successful with this country's fear of homosexual marriage in the last election, so this time- why not pick up all the disappointed feminists still fuming about Hillary's loss, and the Hockey Moms- that scary block of Stepford wives, the ones who are angry evangelicals and traditionalists-- especially those rabidly flag-waving enough to throw their sons to a disastrous war in order to prove it a worthy cause-- and of course the millions of blue collar voters, ever leery of intelligence or a shift in paradigm-- and who most of all, do NOT want a 'man of color' in the oval office... and... well......those who want soap-opera- and somebody better to look at than the decaying John McCain when they turn on Fox News.

Every crumb helps.

Every easily-manipulated fear and slogan-energized bit of blind patriotism helps their cause, which is- and keep this in mind- to keep the munitions industry funded, the oil flowing, the stock market healthy, and their pork barrel politics as rampant as they've been during the eight years under George Bush.

Sarah Palin is not a fresh new face, she's the tag-team wrestler brought into the match with the newest bag of tricks. This is STUDIO WRESTLING, not a presidential race.

It's only the voters who haven't figured that out yet.