And so it begins.

Is it too early to start thinking about the 2012 Presidential campaign?  Never.  So, here’s the start of it and some new campaign gear for the GOP.

From The General’s Store.

Tax problems afflict everyone.

Lest you think only Democrat Obama cabinet appointments have problems with unpaid back taxes, Sarah Palin is caught up in her own unpaid tax problem too.

The Old Fart’s Thursday Recommendations.

• Old is in according to Gail Collins. That should make the old fart’s heart sing.
• Pallin Around With Sarah and Bill – a possible new talk show staring Sarah Palin and Bill Ayres.
• Why you are fat. Some truly gross and disgusting food. Be sure to check out more than just the first page. I might taste (and only a taste for my sweet tooth) the Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie Dough but nothing else pictured here.

Get Ready, Here She Comes Again!

Not that she ever left the stage, but SarahPac is here.

Looks like we will have Sarah Palin to kick around for some time to come.  Let’s just hope we don’t end up her in any capacity more than Governor of Alaska.

Books We Will NEVER Read.

Joining “W”’s yet to be published memoirs, comes this soon-to-be gem.

McCain-Palin Fire Sale.

Get your used campaign equipment here.  But, don’t be lookin’ for any of that fashionable attire from Saks or Neiman’s that was purchased for the Palin family.

I Just Can’t Quit You.

I can’t stop. I try to stop the Sarah Palin bashing but just can’t do it. Gail Collins, in her NY Times column today, has this interesting tidbit, which just confirms that idiots love her. Even 30 days post election the right wing lunatics still buy the same message.

One woman at a Sarah Palin rally told The Times’s Robbie Brown that she was terrified that Obama was “going to push a socialist agenda” but that she was sure “Saxby Chambliss can stop him.”

Now Chambliss has been a senator for six years, and his greatest achievement was getting ranked the 33rd best golfer in Washington by Golf Digest. It is highly unlikely that he could stop the president from doing anything beyond making a putt.

Part of me really hope she sticks around to “lead” the GOP.

Sarah Palin to be in DC on Wednesday.

Cartoon of the Day. (Thanksgiving Edition?)

What a Turkey!

I think the guy in the background is killing the wrong turkey.

Petition to Sarah Palin.

Read it and sign it here.  I doubt she’ll listen but it’s good to voice your opinion.

Divine Intervention.

I’ve been wondering, with Palin’s claiming that God was opening doors for her, what the fact that Sen. Stevens now being behind in the vote count might mean.  A reader at TPM has a similar thought.

If one were so inclined, couldn’t one take the combination of (a) Palin’s statement about the relationship between G-d and her possible Senate career and (b) Stevens’ almost immediate (miraculous?) drop into a position where he now trails Begich, as proof that of divine intervention?

I know, I was going to not mention her again, but I couldn’t resist this one.

No PJs Here.

And, neither I nor my mother have a basement.  Even if my mother had a basement, at almost 60 years old it would be a little weird to be living with my mother.

Now enough of responding to Palin’s idiocy. Right?

Prayer for Sarah Palin.

In response to this:

“I’m like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I’m like, don’t let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is…And if there is an open door in ‘12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I’ll plow through that door.”

–Sarah Palin

Pray this prayer:

How Can We Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?

Go away already.  Read a book.  Read the US Constitution. Shut the f**k up already.

Imagine That, Preaching Hate Has Impact.

Who could have thought that, Sarah Palin’s

…attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling “terrorist” and “kill him” until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.

But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.

The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin’s attacks.

Michelle Obama, the future First Lady, was so upset that she turned to her friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett and said: “Why would they try to make people hate us?”

I am so glad we won’t have Repbulican’s dominating our media discussion for a while anyway.

Funny Web Link.

Go to www.electpalin.com.

Foolin’ Around with Sarah. You Betcha.

Among the many clues and the funniest part of the pranksters call with Sarah Palin (which I have been laughing at often) is this exchange.

… mentions a notorious Hustler video titled “Nailin’ Paylin,” describing it as “the documentary they made on your life.”

“Oh, good, thank you, yes,” Palin replies.

“That was really edgy,” Audette says.

“Well, good.”

Other clues, that she was being punked, included:

Audette goes on to describe Bruni [President Sarkozy's wife] as “hot in bed” and claims she’s written a song for Palin, the French title of which translates as “Lipstick on a Pig.” In English, Audette says the song is about Joe the Plumber.

What an idiot. Does she really think Sarkozy would tell her his wife is “hot in bed?”

Sarah Palin Punked.

Two Canadian comedian’s called Sarah Palin pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The results of this 6 minute call are really hilarious.

Update from Taegan Goddard: A Palin spokeswoman released this statement: “Gov. Palin received a phone call on Saturday from a French Canadian talk show host claiming to be French President Nicholas Sarkozy. Gov. Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy, and other celebrities in being targeted by these pranksters. C’est la vie.”

Say What?

“…we’re confident that we’re going to win on Tuesday, so from there, the first 100 days, how are we going to kick in the plan that will get this economy back on the right track and really shore up the strategies that we need over in Iraq and Iran to win these wars?”

What war with Iran?