...or does eating clowns make your mouth taste funny?

Things of interest to no one but me:

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Sarah Palin, the doyen of style over substance, is in the news again this week. Well OK she's in the news every week. This week she's on the front page. Proving that old saw that monkeys with word processors could eventually turn out Hamlet, Sarah Palin has written a book. Ya gotta love celebrities who have written more books than they've read. The hardcover edition contains 413 pages but if the print was any bigger, your optometrist could use it for the top of his eye chart. To suggest that the book is light on substance is to say that reality television is light on script. Readers downloading to Kindles report that entire chapters have floated into the ether before reaching their device.

The book is however, heavy on invectives, long on backbiting and, chock full of recipes on how to botch a presidential campaign. According to Palin, her instincts were right more of the time and, had the stuffed shirts in the McCain campaign let her alone, she and John would have been pageant-walking down Pennsylvania Ave. on Jan 20, 2009. Of particular interest is her take on the Katie Couric interview. At no time can Sarah offer any explaination for her colossally clueless answers. We still don't know what she reads.

If Sarah wants to know what not to do in a race for President, she might try a few chapters of Going Rogue. She might even recognize some of the characters.

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And on the subject of the Republicans in 2012, I have the perfect candidates. How about

PALIN - PREJEAN 2012

All that hair with nothing underneath. These are the candidates made in heaven (assuming Mattel has a factory there). Imagine two women constructed entirely of platitudes and cliches. Because they don't actually stand for anything they can't be attacked for their views. Like wind blowing through bridge cables. They can attend rallies all over America. Unencumbered by all those annoying policy wonks and speech-writers, these gals can manage with just a good wardrobe consultant, a makeup artist and a guy who's really good with a comb and brush. They could run their entire campaign through guest appearances on the View...and,of course, Fox News.

So be on the lookout for the "Don't Vote For Me Because I'm Pretty" tour followed by Carrie Prejean's new book "Why Fill Your Mind With Useless Facts When You Can Fill Your Sweater With Useful Silicone".
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The most disgraceful name in all of professional sports has survived a court challenge and will probably not be changed in the near future. The Washington Redskins will continue to remind America that it's OK to denigrate a minority as long as that minority isn't powerful enough to resist.

The actual lawsuit was filed and rejected by the the Supreme Court (care to check how many are season ticket holders?) based on copyright law. I suspect the bad press was intended to coerce the Redskins into reconsidering their mascot name. Anyone who thought that would happen didn't know Jack Kent Cooke, former owner of the team. Anyway, if more people would express revulsion at this racist slur something might happen. If not, America should bombard Dan Snyder, current owner, with alternative names as a way of highlighting the offensiveness of the current one. The Potomac Pollacks, The Capital Kikes, The Federal Faggots, or even The District Darkies all have a certain ring. To be fair, they tried using The Washington Whoremongers for a while but members of Congress were offended. Who knew that was even possible?