Arizona: Alaska Disasta

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Alaska Disasta, Sarah Palin, announced today that she is stepping down as Governor of Alaska. If you did not catch her press conference, catch the replay. It was a rambling and incoherent series of non sequitur anecdotes. As Steven Colbert might describe it, it was "the craziest f#?king thing I've ever heard."

"Alaskans aren't quitters"... but I'm abandoning my job as governor. Huh?

Here is just a short clip from the press conference. When I find a video of the full statement I will update this post later.

Palin's announcement follows closely on the heels of the publication of a scathing report on the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee, "It Came From Wasilla," in Vanity Fair magazine by

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I lived in Minnesota for a time, so there is no way I am letting Michele Bachmann (R-MN) off the hook for being the stupidest member of Congress. Ever.

I have a theory: Michele Bachmann believes that the Alaska Disasta, Sarah Palin, will have self-destructed before 2012, so she is positioning herself to become the next sweetheart of the far-right of the Republican Party. And that takes a whole lotta stupid:

Keith Olbermann does a great job of explaining why Michele Bachmann is the stupidest member of Congress. Ever. She may have just locked up the nomination of the Republican Party in 2012.