People see Sarah Palin, and (the intelligent ones among us) think that she is entirely too stupid to ever get elected to the highest office in the land.  Sadly, I think we are mistaken. Allow me to explain.

1) We have all seen what a rabid following she has among the wingnuts. Her popularity continues to grow with these types, and now that she is on Faux Noise with some regularity, she will be in the public eye more and more. Her 15 minutes of fame has been extended into perpetuity.

2) The Supreme(ly conservative-owned/traitorous) Court has made it permissable for corporations to essentially buy elections. And, which corporations have the most money to spend on elections?  (Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer to this one!) That would be big oil, pharma and insurance companies.  How can we forget the war cries of "Drill, baby, drill" and "They want to kill your grannie with Obamacare!"? I think it is pretty safe to assume that these 3 industries are likely to pour significant funds into conservative coffers in 2012.

3) There is an article in the NYT today showing that Wall Street is now investing in the wingnuts.

Thus, the money is going way right, and those of us on the left will be here, shaking our heads and wondering what the fuck just happened?  It will be the exact same reaction I had in 2004 when Dubya was re-elected.  I kept thinking, "People now know what a moron this guy is. The Dem candidate is a shoe-in." Well, we all remember what happened then.

I truly believe that we will all be fucked in the next election, and not in the good way. I am personally wondering how difficult it would be to emigrate to Denmark before then. I wonder if I can learn Danish in 3 years...