That’s a lot of beer. I think I’ll pass on the Hot Rats, thanks.

Well, really, what they most want is to establish a precedent so they can have lots of other folks shot without a trial.

Which is no doubt why she’s largely confining herself to Facebook posts that someone else has clearly written for her. She can survive as long as she doesn’t actually go out and start talking to people other than her base.

They still don’t get my votes.

Registering “Independent” is registering as no affiliation with any party, and in many states they can’t vote in the primaries, which are party specific.

That’s what the boys say. The girl homosexuals say LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.

In the movies, anyway.

Not that I’ve seen any boy homo movies.

None of the original cast had seen the show before they made it, either.

Percentage of indies depends on how you count em.

% of all adults

or

% of registered and likely voters

34ish or 22ish respectively. Certainly enough that pretending that most of them don’t hate Palin is worth the effort involved for her BS mongers, I suppose.

“Speaking as a homosexual” is the new LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.

I always thought it was more of a “MMMNGGGRRRRPHHHGGGGGGSHHHLLRRRRPP”

Probably only works because the system was already in place, and perhaps because some Americans think everything’s automatically better there than in the rest of the world.

Anyway, speaking as a fellow earth human, I am one of you, see? Let us drink tequilas and discuss our security measures.

Eventually we had to register as “Democrat”, Republican”, Libertarian”, (now), or “Independent.” This worked OK for a while, but the Republicans finally won enough people over by whining about “being told who to vote for in the primary” that we now have an “Open Primary” again. Here, “Independent” means: “Republican, but I want to be able to ratfuck the Democratic primary”. I think most states are similar now.

Here, in the presidential process, the Washington Democratic party won’t accept the results of the primary, but choose our delegates in the caucuses. The Republicans go 50/50 primary and caucus. It’s a truly screwed-up system. The very concept of a primary election is effectively dead now, since anybody can vote for any candidate.

Then again, maybe Rush thought My Pet Goat was chock full of policy goodness.

Which just goes to show that Rush Limbaugh has read even fewer things than Sarah Palin herself.

Errr, not so fast, matey:

Matthew Continetti: “In last month’s Gallup poll, Ms. Palin had a 48% unfavorable and 41% favorable rating among independents… Flip those percentages, and they could be serving moose burgers in the White House in 2013.”

Maybe things in the US are not as I imagine them, but aren’t independents, well, independent? And how big are they (as a slice of the population, not as personal bragging material)? I have this mental image of the above poll translating to “Palin’s pretty damn popular amongst men over 85 with a wooden leg and a history of spousal abuse, therefore she’s a shoe-in for Prez in ’13″.

Or is that just wishful thinking?

Just in case any of you want to know, it’s ferkin’ hot here, and has been all week, and I’m incredibly cranky (due to (a) lack of sleep and (b) general temperament).

Fuckity fuckity fuck fuck fuck. I wish it would rain.

Now, whether Palin in fact has the skill to turn 41 into 48 and vice versa, that remains to be seen.

Oh, I’d say it’s very obvious that she can’t… hell, most goldfish have more political skill than Palin. Indeed, the more she tries and the more she’s in the public eye, the more her ratings will sag – aside, of course, from the true wingnuts. My dream is that Palin will be delusional enough to actually make a run for the presidential nomination, splitting the Repubs between the pro-Palin base and the professional politicians who know she’s electoral poison.

But that’s only a dream. At this point, it looks like she’s written off trying for any elected office and is just going for the bucks from speaking engagements and book deals. Still, I’m delighted to see idiots like Contnetti encouraging her.

That ticket’s got the Giggity vote locked.