And the beat goes on. Update!

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/29/cnbcs-sshow-epic-proportions-full-moderator-breakdown/
Posted by Sarah Palin on Friday, October 30, 2015

Man she cannot shut up can she?

If you follow that Breitbart link it takes you to an article trashing the moderators of the CNBC debate, and claiming that if Republicans want to win they have to target the media as their opponent rather than Hillary Clinton.

Which in my mind is a admission that they can't beat her.

And of course Palin is all over this because for all intents and purposes they are playing her song.

After all she has been blaming the media for her defeat in 2008 (Yes HER defeat.) since the day after Obama won.

In Palinworld everything would be just fine if people did not ask those super hard questions, such as "What do you read," "What does the Vice President do," and "What color is George Washington's white horse?"

So now it seems that Breitbart and others think that EVERY Republican candidate should be shielded from answering questions from the media that might stump them or reveal their ignorance, which means that essentially the entire GOP has now devolved into a much chunkier version of  Sarah "I can see Russia from Alaska" Palin.

Does this mean in some sick twisted way that the Palin curse has essentially won out?

Oh well screw your ghosts, vampires, and zombies this Halloween, because THAT is the most terrifying thing I have ever heard!

Update: Check this out, Charles P. Pierce of Esquire magazine agrees with me:

The Palinization of conservative rhetoric is now complete.

True that. 

Sarah Palin is a doing that endorsin' thing again.

Courtesy of the Klondike Kraken's Facebook page:

Thank you, Lamar Alexander, for the respect and integrity you’ve shown in your many years of public service in Washington. With the new challenges in D.C., the time has come for new leaders who are willing to stand up to the political establishments and the Obama administration and say, “no mas!” (This and "cojones" may be the Spanish words that Sarah Palin even knows. And I am sure that Spanish speakers really enjoy hearing her use them.) Unfortunately, advocating and voting for amnesty, cash for clunkers, bailouts, raising the debt ceiling, and many controversial Obama administration nominees has marred the incumbent’s record. It’s time for a change. (What? You were reasonable and voted with the President on occasion? Well then you fail the completely irrational Right Wing purity test, and you have to go.)

Joe Carr is the new voice Tennessee needs in the U.S. Senate! Joe is a citizen legislator who brings his small business experience to bear in the Tennessee General Assembly. He’s stood up to those in his own party, fighting to enact some of the toughest illegal immigration legislation in the country and working to make Tennessee the 4th most business friendly state in the nation. Joe knows that government is most often the problem, not the solution, and he will work to reduce the size of our federal bureaucracy and always use the Constitution as his guide. (So to sum up, Joe is an ideologue, hates Mexicans, and will work to obstruct any progress in Washington. Perfect!)

It’s a disappointment that after so many years in office Senator Alexander has refused to debate Joe Carr in this campaign.  (That might be because Carr is so far behind in the polls that Alexander can barely see him in his rear view mirror.) Really, it’s pretty unbelievable because the good people of Tennessee deserve to hear from both these candidates to know who will be on their side and who will choose the Washington status quo. 

The conservative grassroots patriots in Tennessee have clearly spoken. When I visited there earlier this month, I was impressed by all the energy and momentum behind Joe Carr. (And exactly where did you see that?) Please join me in supporting him as the Volunteer State’s next Senator! 

- Sarah Palin

Interestingly enough when Carr wanted to host a fundraiser he did NOT invite Sarah Palin. Instead he invited conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham.

Who was able to attract a whopping 500 Tea Party activists to a hotel in Nashville. Which as we know is probably about 450 more than Palin would have attracted.

The Teabaggers are enthused about their possibility to pulling off another upset after Eric Cantor was kicked to the curb last month. However Alexander is a cagier candidate and has been preparing for a challenge from the Right all along:

“He’s covering all his bases,” said John Geer, a political science professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville who conducted polling on the race. “He shows no serious weaknesses.”

But even if he did have a chance, with Palin now waving her shriveled monkey paw at him he is all but doomed.

So now that the curse has once again been unleashed the fun is in watching it slowly strangling the life out of whatever hope Carr once had of emerging victorious. 

Kind of like watching a Tea Party puppy slowing being swallowed by a snake.

Tomorrow another Sarah Palin endorsee faces the primary voters. Will this one also crash and burn? Yeah, probably.

The Mississippi primaries are tomorrow and that means that Chris McDaniel, the latest Palin backed Teabagger to challenge a sitting GOP incumbent, will find out if he is going to buck tradition and pull out a win, or if he too will hit the unyielding windshield of politics like a careless low flying hornet.


For his part McDaniel has pulled out the big guns:

 Supporters of McDaniel are spending the final days of the campaign reminding Mississippians of the number of tea party-affiliated stars who have embraced McDaniel — including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.

And yes by big guns I mean a guy whose name cannot be Googled, and a woman whose own "big guns" change shape and size so often that nobody knows from one day to the next if she will show up as Dolly Parton's twin or a prepubescent teenager of either sex.

Of course Sarah Palin is doing her best to make THIS ONE actually win.

Why just this week she lent her voice to some robo-calls on McDaniel's behalf:

Scrolling through social media it seems robocalls by Sarah Palin supporting Chris McDaniel for US Senate riled a number of Mississippians' ire Sunday and for good reason: such activity isn't allowed on Sundays in the Magnolia State. 

As Henry Barbour tweeted: "Just got robo call from @SarahPalinUSA pd for by McDaniel campaign. Too bad these calls are illegal in MS on Sunday" 

Yep, helping just as well as usual.

Not that McDaniel even needs Sarah Palin around to scuttle his campaign, he has other supporters helping to do that already: 

Police say a conservative blogger and three other men, including a local Tea Party official, conspired to photograph 72-year-old Rose Cochran in the Mississippi nursing home where she has lived since 2000. She suffers from progressive dementia and is under hospice care. 

Now, just days before Tuesday's Republican primary, the photo scandal dominates talk radio — and the candidates' campaign ad war.

But hey, it's not like McDaniel's chances are completely gone right? 

And all of that talk about a Palin curse, well that's just talk. Curses do not really exist.

Do they?

Conservative blogger, supporting Tea party candidate, breaks into nursing home where opponent's wife lives and takes picture for attack video.

Courtesy of TPM:  

I'm inclined to say this is what happens when you've got a Tea Party candidate who dabbles in neo-confederate and supremacist politics. But boy is this one weird and dirty. Here are the key facts. Incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran's wife has been in a nursing home for more than a decade. Precise details are sketchy but she appears to suffer from some form of advanced dementia and is in precarious health. The Tea Party candidate McDaniel has been dishing out an avalanche of oppo over recent days including a very weird article in Breitbart which in the guise of talking about spending on congressional trips was clearly intended to suggest that Cochran is having an affair. 

But now things have gotten really dark and weird (yes, we're on a very relative scale here.) A pro-McDaniel blogger, Clayton Thomas Kelly, was just arrested for breaking into the nursing home where Cochran's wife lives, videotaping her and then posting the video. Remember, this is an elderly woman who I'm told is in a fairly advanced vegetative state. So in addition to being a serious felony it is just ugly and awful in human terms. 

So Kelly got arrested and obviously it's an embarrassment for the McDaniel campaign since he's a supporter, appears to have had some level of contact with the campaign if not necessarily a relationship and seems to have been trying to advance (in a colossally weird and immoral way) the same wife/aide something something something story the McDaniel campaign has been pushing with the reporters. 

But here's where it gets dicey for the McDaniel campaign and where Cochran's supporters have pounced. It's pretty clear they knew the details of what happened before the news of what happened became public - mainly because McDaniel's campaign manager called her counterpart to commiserate and distance McDaniel from the incident. McDaniel himself also seems to have told reporters he'd only just learned of the story when his campaign manager had said he'd been bummed about it since he heard about it the night before.

Of course the McDaniel camp denies having any advanced knowledge of this break in:

"The McDaniel campaign found out about the break in when a local political blog posted about it at 11:40 p.m. last night," McDaniel spokesman Noel Fritsch said in a statement Saturday afternoon. "Senator McDaniel has denounced the break-in and called Senator Cochran to extend his condolences. It is unconscionable for the Cochran campaign and the liberal media to use the act of a sick individual to lob despicable accusations."

Yeah just because your campaign manager offers condolences about a blogger breaking into your opponent's wife's nursing home before the police release a public statement about it, doesn't mean you knew about it ahead of time, or had anything to do with it, right?

You know I don't necessarily follow Mississippi primary races all that carefully, but it kind of dawned on me that the name Chris McDaniels sounded kind of familiar.

Guess why:

Governor Sarah Palin today announced her endorsement of Chris McDaniel, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, in his bid to unseat six-term incumbent Senator Thad Cochran. 

“I am truly humbled that Governor Palin has honored my request for her to join my campaign in this fight for liberty in Mississippi,” said McDaniel of the endorsement.

Damn, that Palin curse is one nasty bitch.

Best Sarah Palin story of the week.

Yoo hoo, Judgey. Thanks for that pubic service.

Courtesy of Alternet:  

A former Alaska judge claims he was the victim of "racist and sexist hazing" by his peers after former Governor Sarah Palin thanked him for his "pubic service" in his appointment letter. (Uh wait, what?)


Richard Postma Jr. claims the typo in Palin's letter caused him so much grief that he was voted out, had to return to private practice, and is struggling to hold onto his law license Bar. 

Richard W. Postma Jr. sued Alaska Bars Counsel Stephen Van Goor and Assistant Bar Counsel Mark Woelber, in Federal Court. 

"Plaintiff was a former state district judge in Anchorage who was appointed in 2007 by former Governor Sarah Palin," the 13-page lawsuit states. 

"As a judge, he experienced racist and sexist hazing by certain judicial officers and court employees. 

"The hazing started because of a typographical error in the judicial appointment letter where the Governor thanked the plaintiff for his years of 'pubic service,' instead of 'public service.'" 

Postma claims in the complaint that his hazers went so far as to suggest he was appointed as a judge "by performing oral sex on former Governor Palin," and that it escalated "to suggest Postma was the biological father of Governor Palin's son, Trig Palin." 

When he complained he was retaliated against, Postma says. 

Postma claims that none of the jokes were true, but he suffered the harassment from his appointment in 2007 until 2010, when the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct "initiated an administrative action to remove Postma from the bench because of stress and medical problems caused by the hazing." 

Okay have you ever had a situation where the smart ass comments are and juvenile one liners are so backed up in your brain that it renders you almost incapable of  saying or writing a word?

Well I have, and it kind of hurts.

However I will say this, while I knew the Palin curse was strong and something to be feared, even I did not know she could destroy a career simply though poor typing skills.

I mean damn!

Sarah Palin may have just given Missouri Representative Jason Smith the great big smooch of political death. Update!

Courtesy of Roll Call:  

Former Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Sarah PAC contributed $5,000 on 5/14 to Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who is running in the Missouri 8th District Special General Election on 6/4. The seat was vacated by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) in January. Emerson is now the CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. 

Smith, who is the Speaker Pro Tem of the Missouri House of Representatives, reported raising $200,313 from 4/1 to 5/15, and has $228,147 cash on hand as of 5/15. Smith raised $114,083 from individuals, including $5,200 from Anthony Kelly (owner, Precision Tent Rental, MO); $5,200 from Charlotte Lucas (secretary, Lucas Oil, IN); and $5,200 from Forrest Lucas (owner, Lucas Oil, IN); among others. 

Besides Sarah PAC, the American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC also gave $5,000, as well as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association PAC. During the period PACs gave $82,749.

Interesting that Smith gets money from Palin, a woman who has single-handedly killed more brains cells than  alcohol abuse, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a group of folks that render you unconscious for a living.

I sense a theme.

Many of you may remember that I posted earlier that Palin was supporting this guy, based it seems on the fact that he was the FIRST sitting politician to mimic her Lady Liberty pose.

Because you know NOTHING says effective legislator like copying a crazy person in the hopes that she will notice you.

It will be interesting to see if Jones survives a Palin endorsement, though he IS in Missouri so anything's possible. However if I were a member of his staff I would not stand next to him during a thunderstorm. Bad things happen to those that the Wicked Witch of Wasilla curses with her attention and precious SarahPAC dollars.

Update: Some have asked who is running against  Smith and that would be Democrat Steve Hodges. But his funding is far behind that of this Teabagger opponent.

(You can contribute to his campaign by clicking here.)

Politicians in Alaska know to stay far clear of a Sarah Palin endorsement, but in some parts of the country there is apparently a steeper learning curve.

Right after I finished the post right below I happened to take a little jog over to Palin-land where I see this on Snowdrift Snooki's Facebook page:  

Jason Smith for Missouri’s 8th Congressional District 

Jason has worked tirelessly to build on the foundation of his humble beginnings and is a responsible and respected leader in the Show Me State. In Washington DC, Jason will maintain that innate sense of his community and will bring his commonsense conservatism to the halls of Congress. Jason recognizes that government is the problem, not the solution. He will protect our 2nd Amendment rights and work to promote a culture of life. We must all work together to send Mr. Smith to Washington on June 4th.

 – Sarah Palin

What? There are actually people who WANT Sarah Palin to endorse them?

Now if you are like me your first thought was the one up above, but your second thought was probably, "Who in the hell is Jason Smith?"

I had no idea so I looked him up and discovered that he is running in a special election in Missouri for one of their recently vacated House seats and is a friend of Sarah Steelman.

 You remember her, right?

Other than that Smith seems like the usual cookie cutter teabagger, with campaign ads stressing his family values and ability to fire his camouflage rifle.

Of course none of that explains WHY Palin would endorse this guy after staying relatively quiet for such a long time. But then I found out that he was the first elected official and candidate to do this.

That's right he was the first politician to jump on that ridiculous "Liberty Pose" thing that Palin did back in March during her speech at CPAC.

So apparently if you are willing to court ridicule my mimicking the lunatic behavior of a crazy person, that crazy person will gladly help to sabotage your campaign.

Seems fair.

Palin curse arrives at the Kentucky Derby. Horse she picks, Frac Daddy, finishes 16th out of field of 19.

Courtesy of Kansas City Star:

The Palins were the guests of socialite and museum supporter Marylou Whitney and her husband, John Hendrickson, at the annual Brunch and Bibelots party on the museum grounds. Hendrickson knows Palin from when he lived in Alaska in the 1990s. 

The Palins attended the Derby as guests of Whitney and Hendrickson. 

"That was a blast," Sarah Palin said. She said she and her husband had been to the Belmont Stakes with Whitney and Hendrickson, but this was their first Kentucky Derby. 

"It was a once in a lifetime experience," Sarah Palin said. "It was heavenly." 

Palin, who was known for her "Drill, baby, drill" catchphrase in support of more domestic oil-drilling during the 2008 presidential campaign, said she bet on Frac Daddy at the Derby. The horse was named for "fracking," the nickname for hydraulic fracturing, the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at high pressure to fracture shale rocks and release natural gas or oil. 

"Frac Daddy, the name alone warranted a bet," Palin said. The horse finished 16th in a 19-horse field. (Well of course, after what else is one to do with all that free SarahPAC money? It's not like she would bet her OWN money or anything.)


But she said Hendrickson "was the only one who actually won out of our whole group over the weekend." 

"To have grown up watching this iconic event on TV all these years, then to actually be there and be among people who are so passionate about these amazing athletes, who have accomplished so much, it was a wonderful experience," she said. "Certainly we get a sense of this wonderful part of our nation," Palin said. 

I would not be surprised if Palin picked "Frac Daddy" because his name sounded vaguely like one of her favorite cuss words. And NOT because it had anything to do with oil development.

Of course Palin could not let an interview go by without inserting a little tired old Palin-speak.

"This area is gorgeous, aesthetically, the people are gorgeous, they're fun, they're practical, they're grounded."

What exactly does "grounded" mean to this lunatic anyhow?

Has she ever met somebody who WASN'T grounded? 

Did she receive a nasty electric shock from them or something?

Well the Kentucky Derby has been around for quite some time so I am certain that even a visit from the Queen of Irrelevance herself cannot damage it, or its reputation, in any lasting way.

Sarah Palin's favorite football player, Tim Tebow, gets the big heave ho.

Courtesy of USA Today:

Tim Tebow couldn't get any playing time last season when the New York Jets had three quarterbacks on the roster. Following the selection of Geno Smith last week, they had six. 

Well, now they have five. 

Tebow was informed Monday morning when he arrived at the team's facility he'll be waived, and the team put out a statement: 

"We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," said Jets head coach Rex Ryan. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this offseason (losing weight). We wish him the best moving forward." 

Tebow will now have to pass through waivers. Teams will have until 4 p.m. ET Tuesday to put in claims for him. 

Tebow's NFL career is now in major jeopardy, unless of course he accepts a role as anything other than a quarterback.

Look as an Atheist I am not really a believer in curses, but even I have to admit that this thing with Palin is crazy bad mojo.

She gets her picture taken with you,. tweets about you, or even mentions you in an interview, and you are essentially dead in the water.

Tebow was a rising star right before Palin gushed over him in  2011 interview. Now he is yesterday's news and the butt of many late night jokes.

Hey, kinda like Palin herself!

The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi knew better than to let Sarah Palin get too close to him.

While discussing the silliness of the White House Correspondents Dinner, Aasif Mandvi had this to day:

"It’s inherently sending a bad message. The whole thing is inherently absurd," said Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi, who attended Friday night's Time- and People-sponsored kickoff cocktail party nonetheless. Mandvi then recalled a particularly absurd experience he had a Correspondents' Dinner after-party two years ago, when he and pals Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis found themselves in very close proximity to Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin. "Somebody asked me if I would like to get my picture taken with Sarah Palin," he said. "She was standing a few feet away. She couldn’t hear me, but [this guy] was like, 'Do you want to get your picture taken with Sarah?' And I was like, 'You know, I don’t. I really don’t.'"

Is it ANY wonder why Mandvi is one of my favorite cast members on the Daily Show?

The guy can smell bullshit, and in this case mooseshit, a mile away.

Too bad John McCain had not had his good instincts, dontcha think?

Of course Palin might have turned him down since he was of the brown persuasion and all. I mean for all she knew he could be an Arab, or a Hispanic, or worse yet, an Alaskan native. Can't allow herself to be photographed standing next one of one of those.

Unless of course he is carrying her purse that is.

Speaking of the Palin curse, look what these poor idiots had to endure.

Courtesy of NewsChief:  

The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate visited the Sunshine State at the request of the organizers of the school's seventh annual leadership forum. She was quite a presence on the stage, in a lipstick-red suit and fierce high heels. 

Her passionate talk was peppered with such vibrant cries as "Cling to your God, your guns, your Constitution!" and pleas for the next generation to change the country's moral fiber. "That will make our foundation crumble if we choose to ignore it," she said. 

Not one to tiptoe around sensitive topics, Palin got right to the point on reasons she said the country is in crisis. 

"Today, look around, and don't you wonder sometimes if, as a nation, we have forgotten God altogether? This is a crucial question," she said. 

Palin said the school asked her to talk about hope and resilience. She said she would but "not that Washington, D.C., ‘hopey-changey' blah, blah, blah stuff, but real hope." 

Mostly, the 49-year-old hammered such topics as the corruption of Washington, D.C. — "It's a hotbed of cronyism" — and federal spending — "The federal government is bloated, corrupt and out-of-control."

"Fierce high heels?" THAT was the takeaway from her appearance?

Of course it was because this is the same regurgitated word salad that Palin has been spewing for the last four years.

I have NO idea where all of that SarahPAC money earmarked for speech writing goes because the woman has been giving different versions of the same speech for virtually her entire time on the national stage, peppered occasionally with some bizarre, ear torturing phrase just to spice things up and get some media attention.

However it is very hard to feel sorry for this audience since they HAD to know what they were getting. Palin has learned that all she has to do is pepper her speech with religious references and these Christian organizations will gladly hire her.  (For a bargain basement rate I am sure.) If they would only do a little research, say read Dunn, McGinniss, or Frank Bailey's book, I think they would quickly recognize the complete lack of Christian morality that permeates Palin's life choices and attitude toward others.

But hey, if she is willing to dress up in "fierce high heels" perhaps they simply don't care.

You know being so "Christ centered"and everything.

Former Navy Seal, and man who taught Todd Palin to hold a gun on TV, shot to death at shooting range. Really?

Chis Kyle with actor Dean Cain on set of "Stars Earn Stripes."

Courtesy of Politico:

Former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with another man Saturday on a Texas gun range, a sheriff told local newspapers. 

Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant said Kyle, 38, and a second man were found dead at Rough Creek Lodge’s shooting range west of Glen Rose, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Stephenville Empire-Tribune. Glen Rose is about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. 

Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant said Kyle, 38, and a second man were found dead at Rough Creek Lodge’s shooting range west of Glen Rose, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Stephenville Empire-Tribune. Glen Rose is about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. 

Witnesses told sheriff’s investigators that a gunman opened fire on the men around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, then fled in a pickup truck belonging to one of the victims, according to the Star-Telegram. The newspapers said a 25-year-old man was later taken into custody in Lancaster, southeast of Dallas, and that charges were expected. 

Lancaster police did not immediately return calls for comment. 

The motive for the shooting was unclear. 

Wow shot to death on a gun range, after authoring a book entitled "American Sniper," and appearing on a television show that glorified war and military weaponry, I don't think there is enough irony to even cover that. 

Which is too bad because that means there is not enough left over for the fact that Chris Kyle was also the man assigned to Todd Palin during the truly excruciating "Star Earn Striped" reality show and tasked with the job of teaching him to hold a gun like a man. (Sadly, as evidenced by the picture below, that did not take.)

Kyle is also the man who made the following claim about the First Dud: 

“He’s Rambo, he’s straight up Rambo,” said Chris Kyle. “Next time I’m in a war, I want Todd Palin on my side.” 

Then, Chris added, “He was the first one on the boat, the first one under the wire, and about the time the rest of the guys were getting through, he already had the crate. You don’t need anyone else,” he said. “Forget Chuck Norris, send in Todd Palin.”

Gee if only Kyle would have had Todd with him at that shooting range. Just imagine.

Of course Sarah Palin's ghostwriter has already offered up her condolences:

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and many friends of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle tonight. Todd and I first met Chris in Pella, Iowa, when he helped out with security for the premiere of the film “The Undefeated.” And later we became friends with Chris when he was on “Stars Earn Stripes” with Todd. Chris was a wonderful man, a good friend, and a true American hero who loved our country and served honorably. He was loved and admired by so many, and he will never be forgotten.

 - Todd and Sarah Palin

God, you can just feel the compassion and sense of loss can't you?

Okay you know this is usually where I would go off on riff about the "Palin curse" and point out how incredibly ironic it was that this man, who had grifted money from the gun nuts by writing a self aggrandizing book entitled "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History," was killed on a shooting range in bum fuck Texas, but I won't.

And the reason for that is because it is never okay to mock a person's death, and however much this guy may have contributed to the glorification of war and the mythologizing of Todd Palin, he was still a human being. And he lost his life. And that is always a sad day for everyone.

The Palin curse continues and even knocks the Today Show off of a 16 year winning streak.

Of course I'm popular! Who else gets asked to autograph a baby?

Courtesy of Media Coder:

ABC’s “Good Morning America” appears to have prevailed over NBC’s “Today” show in weekly viewership for the first time in over 16 years. 

Preliminary Nielsen ratings show that “GMA” had an average of 5,147,000 total viewers for the week of April 9 — 13,000 more than the “Today” show, which averaged 5,134,000. 

“Today” still led “GMA” by more than 250,000 viewers between the ages 25 to 54, the key demographic for advertisers. But by edging out “Today” among total viewers, “GMA” has at least briefly accomplished what has been the top priority of ABC News: to put an end to its rival’s winning streak. “GMA” had not won a week outright since December 1995.

Palin apologists are going to say that during Palin's Tuesday appearance the Today Show won the day, which is true, but as we know that was mostly just because people tuned in to see the train wreck.

The important take away from this is that once again something Palin touches turns to yet another steaming pile of moosepoop.

I am not at all superstitious, and would usually poo poo the idea of a curse, or bad mojo, but I have to admit that Snowdrift Snooki has made me a believer. I have literally NEVER seen such a consistent harbinger of doom in my life.

Her trail of destruction began with John McCain, and from there went to Sharon Angle and Christine O'Donnell, through Herman Cain and Rick Santorum, and even derailed the careers of Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin. All it seems to take is for Sarah Palin to appear, endorse, or even mention you and your days are numbered.

Hell Matt Lauer's just lucky the Today Show did not spontaneously combust the minute the Wasilla Angel of Death sashayed onto the set.

Thank Odin for small favors.

A number of Fox Business hosts lose their timeslot in massive reorganization. Now why do these names sound familiar?

"Okay, I see what you are doing here. But you can't PROVE I had anything to do with this!

 Courtesy of Business Wire:

FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new primetime schedule featuring encore presentations of the channel’s top post-market programs, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President of the network. Starting February 20th at 8 PM/ET, viewers will find additional airings of The Willis Report (5PM & 8PM/ET), Cavuto (6PM & 9PM/ET) and Lou Dobbs Tonight (7PM & 10PM/ET). The new lineup will replace FreedomWatch with Judge Andrew Napolitano, Power & Money with David Asman and Follow the Money with Eric Bolling.

Wow! That is kind of an aggressive reorganization for a network to undertake all at once. Don'tcha think?

I wonder what happened that made these folks no longer viable in their time slots?

Hmm, Napolitano, Asman, and Bolling.  Why do those names sound SO familiar?

Oh yeah, now I remember.

January 23, 2012, Eric Bolling interviews Sarah Palin.

January 30, 2012, Andrew Napolitano interviews Sarah Palin.

February 2, 2012, David Asman interviews Sarah Palin.

Well let's be serious, there is NO real way for us to connect the fact that these second string hosts just interviewed Palin recently to the end of their jobs.  Right?

I mean it is probably just a coincidence. Right?

Of course it is...probably.  However if I were Hannity, Van Susteren, Kelly, Pirro,  O' Reilly, or any other of the Fox employees who had recently been exposed to the "Palin curse," I would be watching my back.

I'm just saying.

So, besides CPAC, where is the Grizzled One scheduled to appear next?

Really? What the hell IS the International-Dairy-Dell-Bakery-Association?

Featured Speakers 

• Sarah Palin, The Heart of a Rogue Trailblazer 
• Jeremy Gutsche, How to Make Your Brand Matter by Exploiting Chaos and Unlocking “Cool” 
• Jim Carroll, The New Normal: Innovation, Hyper-niching, and Transformative Change 
• Adrian Slywtozky, DEMAND: Creating What People Want Before They Know They Want It 
• Jane Buckingham, Understanding the Next Generation 
• Terry Bradshaw, Personal Power to the Max 
• Harold Lloyd, How Strong is Your Magnetic Field? The Craveability Factor 
• John Pinette, Get Outa the Line! 
• Steve Beekhuizen, Are Supermarkets the New Restaurants? 
• Carol Christison, Leading the Food Parade: Consumers, Trends, and New Products 
• New IDDBA Research, The Consumer Decision Trees in Bakery, Dairy, and Deli Departments

Oh, well that's just sad.