Not to speak ill of the dead, but, yea, I'm speaking ill of the dead. ;D
Don't forget I'm only diarying through Thursday of this week, so the TRMS diary holiday/Christmas/Whatever - The - Spark - You - Feel - Like - Celebrating par - tay will be Thursday night; eats & treats will abound - probably music, too! :D
Let's get SPARKy although I guess I kind of already did. :) "Beans...beans...the musical fruit" has now taken on a whole new meaning! For those of you who think then Mayans are correct, and this year will be the last Christmas, here are some Mayan merry items for you. Finally, even then Animal Conspiracy theorists like to do a "top ten" list from the previous year!
On with The Rachel Maddow Show...
"Mr. Right Now" - Rep. Ron Paul is "Mr. Right Now" on the official final day of the Iraq War; the last of our troops are gone baby gone! Judiciary comments by Newt may have bitten him on his bulbous behind. Those who had been supporting Newtie just might be heading Mittens' way? Golly! Newt's fallen by 8 points in IA in just a week; Rep. Paul's now in the lead there. You can be the front - runner in IA & be an isolationist; Rep. Paul's proved it. No MENSA talking heads on FAUX News want Rep. Ron Paul to be the nominee; well, that's SOMETHING to check positive for Rep. Paul! However, that's just about it. ;D Rep. Paul does get applause from GOBP audiences for not wanting to bomb - bomb - bomb - bomb...bomb...Iran. Rachel reiterated IA's success - or lack thereof - in picking the GOBP nominee for POTUS, so if Rep. Paul DOES win, SO WHAT! Rep. Paul's social issue libertarianism, one would think, would be a problem with GOBP IA voters. He wants drug laws out, etc. Dave Weigel gets Rep. Ron Paul duty; I haven't seen him in awhile! Of course, the only MSNBC I watch now is Rachel. ;D Rep. Paul predicted economic collapse for a long damn time before it actually happened. Rep. Paul's personally anti - abortion but won't force his views - supposedly won't, anyway - into national policy. The same goes for homosexual personnel serving openly in the military. Rep. Paul getting some victories early on might be the best thing to happen to Mittens.
"The John Boehner is Bad at His Job Hypothesis" - Speaker Sobber's had a tough time because of the tea baggers in Congress - according to the beltway press. Rachel begs to differ. :) Speaker Sobber's just a $hitacular Speaker! This segment is, of course, about the payroll tax cut holiday deal or lack thereof apparently. Everyone in this country who earns a paycheck just might see a tax hike at the beginning of the year. Unemployment benefits will go "buh - bye," too. Rep. Barney Frank is doing the Casual Monday Evening look for this segment! :) The GOBP is all over tax cuts for the rich folk - not so much for the 99%ers. The GOBP is scared $hitless the economy just might be getting better, so, to repeat an often repeated memo, they would rather the country go down the economic terlet more & again than for President Obama to win ANYTHING! The GOBP leadership is so afraid the deal will pass they are scrapping the opportunity for an actual vote.
Rachel's beginning to think $aint $arah from Wasilla just might jump in again even though the filing deadline for an "official" GOBP candidacy has passed; a third party candidacy's possible. No, Rachel, it's not because she ain't gonna do it because she'd lose too much money.
"Autocratic for the People" AKA "'Dead'" and Loathing" AKA "Like Father, Like Un" AKA "Here Comes the Son" - Dictator Kim Jung Il is still dead. ;D This year has been a banner year for the deaths of not - so - nice people like him, OBL, and Colonel Kodaffy. Why would a deal to send a bunch of food to North Korea be on ice just because the head nut job died? People are still starving; send the stuff anyway! North Korea doesn't have electricity, either, for the most part. They have quite the prison camp network, too. And, the network's getting bigger. North Korea's days will be a little unpredictable for a good while. Josh Rogin gets North Korea duty; we've got a missile test planned for that area. Kim Jung Un's not even 30 yet, but he's the new "leader" of North Korea. Not a whole lot of people know a lot about him. North Korea will still be a nuclear nation; that much won't change. North Korea will now be even more dependent on China if the food deal from us falls through. Kim Jung Un doesn't quite have the "training" behind him that dear 'ol Dad did.
"The Jeb Bush Conspiracy Theory" - OK, so what does the aforementioned $aint $arah from Wasilla have to do with Jeb Bush? He's got an op - ed in the Wall Street Journal today, and Rachel thinks that's a sign he's itching to get in. I think the Bush name's still a little too toxic for most folk outside of FAUX News. He's getting some chat - ups in NH. Rachel thinks TurdBlossom might be behind the NH robocalling. People called "Americans Elect" want to be able to put their own candidate on ballots in all 50 states. So, that person might be Jeb Bush, according to Rachel? Uh, Rachel, honey, if this issue's keeping you awake at night, you need to get out more. :D