They breed 'em stupid up north?

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Shawn Manatee Hannity plays with the fire of a thousand stupid suns when he asks Caribou Barbie and Minnie the Wingnut if they'd consider being on the "Apocalypse Now" ticket in 2012... and, unsurprisingly, gets cheers for it from the Minnesota Republican Party rally.

Exactly what kind of vacuous, clue-free brain trust would this contain? Bachmann said: "Well, I just -- I want to thank Gov. Palin for breaking the barrier by being a woman as the vice president on the ticket."

Michele, shut the fuck up before Geraldine Ferraro kicks your ass. Seriously, my goddamned cats are smarter than you are.

"Well that sounds kind of cool," said Palin.

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[cheez-ball.livejournal.com]

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for the presidency in 1872. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull She never expected to win, and was too young to take the office, but ran to draw attention to suffragists. Charlene Mitchell was the first black woman to run for president on a third party ticket in 1968. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene_Mitchell. Considering she was representing the US Communist Party, it's unlikely anyone thought she'd win.

But, yet, you are right that Ferraro was the first to run for VP on a major political party's ticket. And she probably does want to kick Palin's ass, for more than a few reasons. Given the age difference, I'd probably take Palin in that fight.

All of this reinforces Palin's, and her associates', disdain for book-learning. You'd think, at some point, someone would say, "hey, let's look this factoid up on Google." But no....

[y2kdragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you for providing the history lesson. Learned 2 new facts today that I didn't know. Still, the thought of just watching Ferraro and Palin debate on National TV would be worth the money.

[kendra-manycats.livejournal.com]

Good info, thanks!

ROFL

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I *WISH* Geraldine Ferraro would kick Michele Bachmann's ass. Ferraro is a no-nonsense Queens chick, & could probably kick that ass pretty far.

Re: ROFL

[y2kdragon.livejournal.com]

Pay-per-view, baby. And you know I'd spend that money.

[y2kdragon.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the fact that Geraldine Ferraro was, and still is, much smarter than everyone on that show combined. But leave it to the GOP flake trust to completely disregard that because, well, "she wasn't a Republican, so it doesn't count."

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

Sadly, that isn't saying much, as my cat leaves hairballs smarter than everyone on the show combined.

[y2kdragon.livejournal.com]

You win this time.

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

Can we get these two together with Ann Coulter, and then sic Sigourney Weaver on 'em?

[cheez-ball.livejournal.com]

This!

[kendra-manycats.livejournal.com]

They don't really bother to know the present reality do they. So how could they possibly be bothered to look up the past.

Besides, they are living in their OWN reality. Not the shared reality of the reasoned.