When "lame duck" Sarah Palin leaves the Gov's mansion today, Vladimir Putin won't be the only one celebrating.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that a majority of Americans think she's a wicked witch.
And how do they know?
Hope floats.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Face the Nation: White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R); Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN); Historian/Author Douglas Brinkley.
This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND); Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC); Roundtable: Dermocratic Strategist Donna Brazile, Arriana Huffington (The Huffington Post), David Brooks (The New York Times), Paul Krugman (The New York Times) and George Will (ABC News).
Fox News Sunday: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs; Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-NV); Roundtable: Brit Hume (Fox News), Mara Liasson (NPR), Bill Kristol (The Weekly Standard) and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); David Axelrod; Democratic Strategist Paul Begala; Republican Strategist Alex Castellanos; Reliable Sources: Roger Simon (Politico); Ryan Lizza (The New Yorker); Debra Saunders (The San Francisco Chronicle); Christine Brennan (USA Today); Media Commentator Callie Crossley; Lauren Ashburn (USA Today Live).
The Chris Matthews Show: Howard Fineman (Newsweek); Michele Norris (NPR); Michael Duffy (TIME); Ceci Connolly (The Washington Post).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde; University of Tehran Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi; New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini; Billionaire Publisher Mort Zuckerman; Author Niall Ferguson.
Primetime viewing:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on incvreased gun sales following the election of President Obama; a report on a cheap American pesticide that is decimating the African lion population; and, an interview with casino mogul Steve Wynn.
In fake news...
Jon Stewart – who now ranks as America's most trusted newscaster – destroyed what little of Lou Dobbs' credibility he hasn't himself destroyed.
The Daily Show
Monday: Bill Kristol ("The Weekly Standard")
Tuesday: Heavy Metal Band Spinal Tap
Wednesday: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton
Thursday: Director Judd Apatow ("Funny People")
Meanwhile, Stephen Colbert brought on some victims of socialized medicine to scare the life out of you.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Swedish Hip Hop Band Movits!
Tuesday: Author Arriana Huffington ("Pigs at the Trough")
Wednesday: To Be Announced
Thursday: Director Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker")
And speaking of healthcare, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made these foolish comments in defense of the status quo at a press conference on Friday:
"There are no Americans who don’t have healthcare. Everybody in this country has access to healthcare," she says. "We do have about 7.5 million Americans who want to purchase health insurance who can not afford it," she says, urging Congress to adopt a new plan for healthcare reform that wouldn’t "destroy what is good about healthcare in this country" and "give the government control of our lives."
The event also brought out such GOP luminaries as Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN) – who's not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina – and all-around nutjob Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN).
Luckily for the Republicans, the future generation looks to be brighter than the current one.
A few weeks ago Meghan McCain made the following claim:
"Joe the Plumber – you can quote me – is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing."
And this week, speaking at an "Average Joes, Powerful Voices" event in Wisconsin, Joe conceded the point.
Wurzelbacher described himself as a "dumb plumber" who nevertheless could understand the Constitution. His themes and complaints in a 13-minute speech were similar to those voiced by speakers before and after him in the two-hour-plus event. He criticized wasteful government spending, lack of accountability, the disconnect between Christian values and politics, and political correctness.
If he only had a brain.
- Trix