Joe Scarborough says "It's time for the GOP to man up" and go after Sarah Palin.

From Politico:

Republicans have a problem. The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private.

Enough. It’s time for the GOP to man up.

What man or mouse with a fully functioning human brain and a résumé as thin as Palin’s would flirt with a presidential run? It makes the political biography of Barack Obama look more like Winston Churchill’s, despite the fact that the 44th president breezed into the Oval Office as little more than a glorified state senator.

Still, Palin is undeterred, charging ahead maniacally while declaring her intention to run for the top office in the land if “nobody else will.” Adding audacity to this dopey dream is that Palin can’t stop herself from taking swings at Republican giants. In the past month alone, she has mocked Ronald Reagan’s credentials, dismissed George H.W. and Barbara Bush as arrogant “blue bloods” and blamed George W. Bush for wrecking the economy.

Wow. That’ll win ’em over in Iowa.

Scarborough is just the most recent example of a Republican who is waking up to the fact that even though the path that Palin is taking to the GOP nomination is WAY out in left field, it still just might prove successful.  And then the GOP would find themselves saddled with a walking, talking SNL skit instead of a candidate with the credentials and ability to stand on the stage and debate President Obama on the issues.

Though there may be a number of progressives who believe allowing Palin to win the Republican nomination would ensure an easy victory for our President, I am not in that camp.  Number one, I have learned to NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the American people.  And number two, the Republicans do not play by the rules during elections, and we could certainly count on them to pull some election day shenanigans which could result in an outcome that, up to this point, has only been the stuff of nightmares.

This is how Scarborough summed up his request of the Republican party.

If Republicans want to embrace Palin as a cultural icon whose anti-intellectualism fulfills a base political need, then have at it. I suppose it’s cheaper than therapy.

But if the party of Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio wants to return to the White House anytime soon, it’s time that Republican leaders started standing up and speaking the truth to Palin.

Now let me once again assure everybody that from my vantage point there should be NO way that Palin will get on the GOP ticket.  Even as a running mate.

The damaging information about Palin has been disseminated too far, and too wide for her to stop the revelations that are coming.  However having said that, I still want to make sure that nobody assumes that somebody else is doing the work of stopping this lunatic.

Therefore I certainly encourage the GOP to do their part.  I am also counting on the various authors working on Palin books to do their part.  And whether you are able to see it or not, you can count on the fact that I have been doing MY part.

Perhaps those of you who have been around here for awhile will remember that when I talked about getting information out about Sarah Palin that I said it probably would not be revealed here on IM.  I said that it required a media outlet with a bigger audience.  And I have been doing everything I can to make that happen.

This has never been about me, this is about geting the truth out. And holy crap is the truth getting out.

So get your popcorn, wrap yourself up in your Snuggie, and watch the show.

I promise you it is going to be a good one.