They increasingly view their Mama Grizzly as the creature in the movie Alien. The crew of commercial towing spaceship Nostromo was amazed to discover that the alien used steel-eating molecular acid for blood. “It's got a wonderful defense mechanism," remarked one crew member. "You don't dare kill it.” The GOP essentially has the same problem with Palin. They need her political base of crazies to have a shot at winning. But they don’t want McCain's Frankenstein monster at the top of the ticket, a scenario that would guarantee a 50-state landslide for Obama. Yet, they don’t dare diss Palin, either. The political effect would be the same as molecular acid: Her pissed off fan base would simply stay home and cook more meth. (Oh I kid the Palinites.) So, what to do?
Simple. Change reality. The new new spin: the presidency is “beneath her.” Yowzer. How's that for an Altered State? "There's more power in being Oprah Winfrey than in being Barack Obama. It would be my goal for Palin to become Oprah and be the ultimate kingmaker for twenty-odd years. Oprah anointed Barack Obama," conservative Andy Breitbart told GQ. One can only marvel at this a jaw-dropping display of cajones (or delusion, fantasy, naivety - take your pick). Yet, others in Republican officialdom and punditry – the folks who understand Palin’s long-term danger to the party – are beginning the echo similar rationales for countering the Alien from Alaska. For them it’s like, hey, whatever works, dude.
So, can they really pull off this hat trick and change reality? Sure. It worked with Obama’s citizenship, didn’t it? Over half of regular Republicans now believe our president is a Muslim Kenyan foreigner, or something. Frankly, I don’t know which is scarier: The Palin Frankenstein or a party of astoundingly gullible voters.
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