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Going on record now with my predictions for 2012:

1. Sarah Palin does not get the Republican nomination for President.
2. “Tea Party” forms its own political party, nominates Palin as their candidate.
3. Newly formed “Tea Party” splits Republican vote; Obama re-elected.
4. Palin realizes there’s more money, influence in the media, quits politics.
5. “Tea Party” spends years infighting and disintegrates.

Just my thoughts here. This group seems to share a lot of the same disorganizing traits as the democrats.

A soon-to-be internet sensation: John Cleese comments on the absurity of Sarah Palin running for VP of the United States.

[From John Cleese on Sarah Palin: "Monty Python Could Have Written This." - Boing Boing]

A painfully funny commentary about McCain supporters.

I’ve been going through the DC Voter Guide for the primary election on the 12th. In the booklet, each candidate has the high-school-student-government statement about “why I should be president”.

For comparison:

Barack Obama

At this defining moment, we need to unite this nation around a common purpose. That’s why I’m running for President.

I’m running to tell special interests that their days of setting the agenda are over. I’ll invest in jobs and affordable housing. I’ll forge bipartisan solutions, and pass universal health care. I’ll make world-class education affordable from birth through college. And I’ll end the Iraq war.

Over my two decades in public service, I brought people together to solve problems and make a difference in peoples’ lives. Let’s stop settling and reach for what we know is possible.

Hillary Clinton

Hilary Rodham Clinton, 60, graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and Yale Law School in 1973. She was the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1992 and the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She was elected twice, in 2000 and 2006, to the U.S. Senate to represent New York. She is a proud supporter of the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act and the No Taxation without Representation Act. She believes District residents should have the right to elect two Senators and a Representative whose political powers equal those of other Members of Congress.

That’s right, Hillary Clinton just copied and pasted from her resumé. I haven’t gone looking for similar statements in other states, but I image the template looks something like this:

Hillary Rodham Clinton:

[insert resumé material here]

[Reference Bill Clinton here]

[If not in south, Mention I live in New York]

[Insert pandering state issue #1 here]

[Insert pandering state issue #2 here (space permitting)]

Vote Obama, DC. He’s not running as ‘First Lady’.