That Snot Nosed Kid, Chris Christie, Reverse Charisma, Mrs. Palin, Wing Nut Infighting, Jealousy.

(A few observations, of my own, and from the noise machine are jelling in my head as I draft this. Forgive me for being a little more scatterbrained than usual.)

Ya'll remember that snot nosed kid? Right after the GOP lost control of Congress, some little snot nosed bastid was wheeled out at CPAC (or some other degenerate hate fest,) and the Party of Domestic Terrorism went batshit crazy for him. Why? What did he do? The little shit only parroted the three (alleged) pillars of conservatism. Something that any fool can google and get off the net in 0.17 seconds. (Yea. I checked, actually. That's the search time they gave me after running my query.) Sure, he had "written" a book. But again, the book was nothing more than regurgitated, old line, Party of Domestic Terrorism, ideology and bullshit. Truth is, the little bastid did absolutely nothing worthy of getting any attention at all. And yet those batshit crazy right wingers celebrated him like he single handedly captured Bin Laden, or at least, "The third in command of Al Qada in Iraq."

So what's the point in mentioning him? Heard of Chris Christie? He's now the darling of the party of domestic terrorism. What has he done? As a resident of NJ, I'm at a loss for a single concrete thing he has done. Seems lots of batshit crazy right wingers like what he says, and how he says it. (Just before I started typing this, I heard him described by Howard Fineman in a recent clip from Lawrence O'Donnell's show, as having reverse charisma. He looks like a bully and acts like a bully. Right wingers love that sick shit.) But accomplishments? Nada. Zip. Work still in progress. Call again in a year, and see if there's been any progress, then.

Yes. For what ever twisted reason, the right wingers are so drunk on their own ideology and the image of being true to that ideology, that all someone needs to do is parrot the right talking point in front of a camera and or microphone, and one can become an instant "rock star," for them. (As an aside, we on the left have all the real rock stars. Guess they on the right are used to C list, both literally and figuratively. Anyway . . .) This weird group-think delusion bears more and serious thought, but I am just mentioning it for the record, particularly now that Chris Christe is the hot shit, bullshit, right wing star du jour.

On to the next level. Is Mrs. Palin jealous of the attention given to Christie? Now that bit I mentioned above? O'Donnell's program?

That was the main thrust of the segment I was quoting from. Now I had watched the original clip of Mrs. Palin's remarks last night (more likely heard, as I often run clips but walk away from the computer) and I had missed the dig against Christie. But O'Donnell and Finemen explored Mrs. Palin's seeming jealous, yet restrained attack on the Bully from Joisey. Remember. Mrs. Palin is the original do-nothing, did-nothing, accomplished-nothing ex-rock star of the GOP. As mentioned in the report, she is down to number 21 on the "hot" politician list.

Ohh. That's got to hurt, particularly if one is a self-centered, egomaniacal, delusional, narcissist. (But I don't feel sorry for her. She is what she is, and I call it repulsive.)

I won't summarize the whole report, but what I found interesting is that both men speculated that Mrs. Palin is not jealous of Congresswoman Bachmann. I would not go on record saying that in public. Palin and Bachmann have done the BFF shit in public. Bachmann is actually higher up in the esteem of Tea Baggers. I would guess. At the least, she has positioned herself quite expertly, I have to say, as the official top elected dog for that rabble. Palin's only the Icon. But as an icon, she really is not doing any thing at all to fight for the Tea Bagger agenda. Tweeting and collecting her huge salary for her appearances on FNC is not the same as being seen in the vanguard of the fight!

As self destructively batshit crazy Mrs. Palin is, I think she can pull her punches and keep Bachmann in the category of a secret frenemy. For now at least. I don't think Mrs. Palin can be happy about any other right winger being top rock star for the GOP. But she is not going to piss off the Tea Baggers, just for the cheap thrill of getting her hate on. Christe's a better choice for scape goat/speed bag. He's a Yankee, East Coast Elite Republican. He's not a real American, at least under the vast majority of Tea Baggers' understanding.

Oh. Here is my semi prediction. Actually here is what I am not guaranteeing. I am not guaranteeing we will bear witness to the ultimate Right Wing Spectacle, the Cage Match, Grudge Match between the two Drama Queens of the Tea Bagger Wing of the GOP. But I am saying that if Bachmann announces she is serious about running for the GOP nomination, that cage match, grudge match is more likely, even if Mrs. Palin herself doesn't run. Just you wait!