Taking the Day Off. Sort Of.

I was going to just say that I was taking the day off, but this is too good to let pass:

One day after delivering a forceful campaign-style speech to the conference of conservative activists, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won his third straight CPAC Straw Poll on Saturday, earning 20 percent of the vote on a ballot that included nine other Republicans who could seek the party’s presidential nomination in 2012. ...

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal came in second with 14 percent of the vote, while Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Texas Rep. Ron Paul tied at 13 percent. ...

Rounding out the straw poll results were former House speaker Newt Gingrich at 10 percent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at seven percent, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford at four percent, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani at three percent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at two percent, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist at one percent. Nine percent of poll participants were undecided.

Let's recast that a little, shall we?

The first choice of conservatives is a rich guy who currently holds the Land Speed Record for Flip-Flopping and who made a shitload of money by both shipping American jobs overseas and helping other rich fucks evade taxes. The second place guy is a dude who thinks it's a great idea to teach religious dogma in science classes and who practices home-based exorcisms. The two tied for third place include a woman who cannot remember what newspapers she reads and a guy who is so whacko that even most Republicans can't stand him.

Lewis Black used to say: "Republicans are a party with bad ideas and Democrats are a party with no ideas." It seems to me that they've reversed roles, as the Hooverites appear to have no ideas whatsoever anymore, other than whining about "Obama is a socialist."