What's next? Tyrannosaurus Rex moms?

Sarah Palin's famous coming out speech on national TV during the McCain-Palin campaign featured the metaphor (or was it a simile?) "hockey moms." You remember the big laugh line: "How's a hockey mom different from a pit bull? Lipstick!" Har har har.

Well, now Palin has invoked grizzly bears for her next rootin' tootin' butt-kickin' mom metaphor, saying that "mama grizzlies" are coming to take the country back. (First you gotta ask, back from whom? That black guy?)

So, where does she go from here? How do you escalate from mama grizzlies? She's already used elephants. Mama blue whale? Nah, to tree-hugger save-the-whales. Mama great white sharks? Meh, no, who wants to identify with a shark? (Answer: lawyers. Ha!)

Saber toothed tigers? Pterodactyls? Woolly mammoths? Tyrannosaurus'? Okay, but then where? Mama death asteroids? Mama black holes? "You don't want to mess with those mama block holes, when they take back our country they'll vortex your ass so fast it'll make your head spin, mister, and you'll never see the light of day again, also."

I just watched SP on Fox News on Sunday. She's definitely something else. A real live wire. Great at hitting R talking points and bashing Dems, and looking good doing it. But, I get the feeling "there's no there, there." Another empty suit. Sigh. Someone called her "George Bush in a skirt." You betcha, too.

Update: This is a bit snarkier than my usual writing, and I think that Palin just somehow brings that out in me. So, this is probably my last Palin post.

Palin Ward

So, Sarah Palin comes to town to raise funds for Vaughn Ward, and draws something like 1,100- 1,500 folks. Seems a bit embarrassing that the turnout was so low. I heard on the radio that 50 (!) folks coughed up $1,000 each to get a picture taken with her, so they raised at least $50,000.

Personally, I don't get the value in having a pic of yourself with some famous person. It's not like that's going to convince me that you're good friends with him or her. Just seems sort of clingy and a lame effort to associate with fame. Whatever.)

Anyway, since Labrador is the more tea partyish candidate (isn't he?), one would expect Palin to endorse him rather than Ward. I've read the accusations that she's just doing so because of Ward's connection to the McCain campaign, and that seems plausible.

I wonder why she even takes the time to come to Idaho to endorse anybody. Seems like there are lots of opportunities for her to endorse and raise cash; why pick Idaho? Is it because she's trying to get the seat back for Republicans? Is it the McCain connection? Whatever it is, I think it shows that Ward's campaign is really struggling.

See, had Palin come here to stump for Sen Crapo, I think the crowd would have been much bigger. I think lots of folks have been turned off by Ward's gaffes lately, and it showed up in the turnout. Should be an interesting race.

So, do we Dems poke our noses into that race and vote for one or another? If so, who? Answer: probably Ward. If he continues his ineptness, he'd be the weaker candidate against Minnick, I suspect. Also, if Labrador got elected, he's the more conservative of the two and I'd rather not be stuck with him.

And no, I still don't plan to vote for Minnick, but I'm not likely to vote against him, either.