A smattering of some Sarah Palin shiny objects that I did not have time to post yesterday.

The actual, I kid you not, cover of May's American Spectator.

It is hard to tell from the cover above if the American Spectator is mocking Sarah Palin, complimenting Sarah Palin, or attempting to demonstrate how much Palin now looks like Janet Reno.

Striking don't you think?

On MSNBC Martin Bashir followed up his brilliant take down of Sarah Palin's twitter rant from Monday, with this piece documenting his Facebook fans response to that rant.

Speaking of Facebook that is where Buzzfeed was inspired to go in order to mine comedy gold directly from her supporters.

However it was from Current TV that we get perhaps the most satisfying Palin smackdown, from comedian John Fugelsang:  

Now, it’s irresponsible for a respected politician to post such a crude tweet. And it’s not cool when Sarah Palin does it either. 

Now, I deeply resent her insult against assclowns — I worked as one for years, and I even got my degree at Assclown College. Which is five colleges fewer than Gov. Palin. 

But I can understand when a former Fox News employee smears the media’s biggest event of the year, ’cause when I got fired from Footlocker I totally badmouthed the mall holiday party. 

However, the most offensive three-letter word in her tweet isn’t “ass,” it’s “our” — as in “working our asses off.” ’Cause I was a bit confused by this, as Sarah Palin is America’s greatest symbol for quitting ’cause you don’t like work. 

But here’s the thing, Sarah — and I know you’re watching ’cause, hey, it’s Current — people on the left and the right are both getting you all wrong. 

First, the conservatives act all mad at you because you keep badmouthing the GOP establishment. I’m not sure why you want to blame the people who made you a household name, Ms. Palin, ’cause you know the Kardashians aren’t blaming O.J. 

But many Republicans are embarrassed of your outspokenness. They don’t appreciate that you do for the GOP what Jar Jar Binks did for “Star Wars: Episode I” — distract the easily amused from a complete lack of coherent narrative. 

And, of course, the liberals — well, they don’t get you and they never will. You know all the mean stuff they say, that “you’re the Susan B. Anthony of lip liner,” that “If dumb was hair, you’d be a wookie” and “the only thing you ever did for women was save Katie Couric’s ratings.” You know. Horrible things I would never repeat. 

These so-called liberals are the ones who want you to shut up. They say you only make inflammatory statements, Governor, so the media will cover your desperation. They say if the media would ignore you, you’d go away. Well, Sarah, I don’t want you to go away. 

You see, just because you’re about as relevant today as Zima doesn’t mean you should act that way. 

Keep talking, Sarah Palin. You have the influence. You’re a hero to millions of men with bald eagle wallpaper, and no Republican figure — aside from Dick Cheney — has ever had the guts to criticize you. They don’t dare criticize you, Sarah, because they all want your endorsement. That means you’re more than Alaska’s Snooki — you’re the kingmaker. 

Keep talking. You’re great for ratings. The media loves you. You’re like crack for the human id. 

Now, I don’t know why you went off on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — maybe you don’t like people who are funny on purpose. Maybe. I don’t know why you’re this tense, maybe Glen Rice quit halfway through. But every time you open your mouth or share your views on Facebook or Twitter, you remind voters you’re the real face of the GOP. You are the brand. 

So every time a journalist asks how you think about the Dow and you believe they’re Buddhist? Voters see the GOP. 

When you said you could’ve stopped Julian Assange from leaking military secrets in Wikileaks when in reality you couldn’t stop your daughter’s baby-daddy from leaking family secrets in Playgirl? Voters see the GOP. 

And maybe the only people who want you to run in 2016 are smart liberals, gullible conservatives and every great comedian I’ve talked to. But until you finally settle down as a celebrity cosmetics infomercial host or WWE sportscaster, we want you on that wall. We need you on that wall. 

You have the power to influence elections. What you did for John McCain, Joe Miller and Newt Gingrich was just the beginning. 

Keep talking, Sarah Palin. Because life is short. And anyone who doubts you clearly hates America. And you can see oblivion from your house. 

Refudiate that.

Now that, that is going to leave a mark.