The Rehooligans Throw a Party

Ossum. We were so preoccupied with Sarah Palin's invitation to speak, first extended then withdrawn, at this gala occasion, that we forgot to take note of how it actually looked and felt, not to mention its ambient fragrance.

I know I toss that word "plutocracy" around a lot, but what does the plutocracy actually look like as it gathers itself together in one place to devour its pork chops?

It wears tuxedoes, I think, and listens to Rush, Darth, and that other loser...what'shisface...Newt.

And then, having been suitably fed and entertained, it ponies up the big bucks to continue the disinformation campaign against Obama, which will be duly parroted and channeled here.

But do our rulers still make the rules for the wise men and the fools? Stay tuned. They may yet have to swallow the Public Option on health care if they can't come up with enough dollars to get their corporate media shills to scream loudly enough.

I got a mail message from Paul Begala today who described it this way:

A year ago if you'd told me Rush, Newt and Cheney would be the new faces of the Republican National Committee, I'd have asked what you were smoking.

But, then again if you'd told me the Republican Party would raise over $14 million in one night in a hotel ballroom in Washington, D.C. I would have asked if you had some more to share.

Seriously, just last week 2,000 Republican fat cats gathered inWashington to gawk at Sarah Palin and listen to Newt Gingrich call President Obama a failure. And, they ponied up millions of dollars to fuel unrelenting attacks by Republican retreads on President Obama and his efforts to get America back on track.

Two thousand head and 14 million bucks -- do the math, and imagine them sitting there "clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon."