Okay, so maybe it wouldn’t have been so creepy if Rick Perry’s wasn’t drooling and this book hadn’t just come out.

No, it would still be real creepy just on that whole “Jesus Loves Me” thing they’ve got going.

Perry: Tebow and I share ‘a pulpit’

Personally, I think Sweet Jesus is even creeped-out by this.  No, seriously, he’s saying, “Dude, it’s like my birthday’s coming, so y’all need to settle down a little and pace yourself.  It’s gonna be a big ole party but you guys ain’t gonna make if you don’t quit grabbing at each others feet.”

Y’all, Rick is descending into the pits of crazy.  He left Texas kinda dumb and goofy, but thanks to those folks in foreign states and the bright lights of the big city, he’s coming home full-fledged rip-snorting attic-sitting nuts.

Thanks to David for the heads-up.

This is a true story.  There used to be a boy at my house who was very involved with competitive speech making – read: giant nerd – in his high school days.  His freshman year, he learned to do something called extemporaneous speaking.

It works like this:  they give the kid three questions on foreign or domestic events.  The kid picks one and has 30 minutes to prepare an 8 minute speech on that topic, complete with facts and quotes.  They spend hours pouring over newspaper and news magazines, clipping articles on all imaginable topics. This was the days before the internet, so the research was more difficult.

His freshman year he was watching the nightly news with me.  Kim Jung Il had just taken power.  All of a sudden the kid looks startled and says, “His name is Kim Jung ILL?”

“Yes,” I replied, “it is a funny name in English, huh?”

“Momma, all year long in extemp I’ve been calling him Kim Jung, the Second!  I thought it was two Roman numerals.”

He’s not the only one who thought that.

OOPS: Rick Perry Misspells Kim Jong-Il As Kim Jong The Second (II) | In an email statement regarding the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, Rick Perry mistakenly referred to the despot as Kim Jong the Second. The email titled, “Gov. Rick Perry on the Death of Kim Jong II,” incorrectly referenced the dictator’s name three separate times

Here’s the part I’m happy about:  I find it a comfort to know that my boy was 14 years old at the time.

Speaking of which,

A 14-year-old bisexual high school student challenged Rick Perry on his support for reinstating Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell during an event in Decorah, Iowa, asking the Texas governor why he is “so opposed to gays serving openly in the military, why you want to deny them that freedom when they’re fighting and dying for your right to run for president.” Perry attributed his position to his faith and the “sin” of homosexuality.

Yep, that’s our Rick.  In the remedial class of 14 year olds.

Thanks to Stephen and David for the heads-up.

Oh, yeah.  It’s in Pennsylvania.

Thanks to Stephen for the heads-up.

Ron Paul went on the Jay Leno Show last night, obviously staying up long past his bedtime.

By the way, I really loved Helen‘s description of Ron Paul.

So really that just leaves us with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.   One is fascinated with a dog having sex with a man and the other looks like a dog had sex with a man.  You know.  I really don’t have a problem with that.

Anyway, Dr. Paul was real chatty and had some charitable thoughts about his opponents during this season of peace, love, and joy.

Asked his opinion of Michele Bachmann, who Paul had clashed with earlier in the week over the question of a nuclear Iran, Paul said Bachmann “hates Muslims” and “wants to go get them.”

And Paul added that Rick Santorum hates gays and Muslims.

Those were odd words from the mouth of a man who hates Americans, don’t ya think?

Under Ron Paul, if you make minimum wage with no health insurance and you get sick, then you should die because you should have thought about that before you were born with a double digit IQ.  Or even if you have a pre-existing condition.

Hush, Grandpa, you’re rambling crazy aain.

Republicans:  the other rich white meat.

First it was Rick Perry suckin’ off the taxpayer teat by retiring before he retires and braggin’ about it as being “smart.”  Yeah, like Rick knows smart.

Now it’s Mitt Romney.  Come to find out, Romney still makes millions of dollars a year from his retirement deal with Bain Capital, the job uncreators.

And how do those millions help America grow?

Since Romney’s payouts come partly from Bain’s share of profits on its customers’ investments, that income probably qualifies for the 15 percent tax rate on capital gains rather than the 35 percent wealthy taxpayers pay on ordinary income, the Times said.

The Internal Revenue Service allows investment managers to pay this lower rate on profits, known in the industry as “carried interest.” Such options are not available to the ordinary taxpayer.

Yep, that’s me.  The ordinary taxpayer.  So I gotta pay extra to make up for what Mitt doesn’t pay on his millions.

I thought this was amusing —

The newspaper said that Romney had declined to release his tax returns, while his campaign refused to say what tax rate he paid on his Bain earnings.

Sounds like he has something to apologize for, doesn’t it?

Thanks to Brian for the heads-up.

It’s a family affair.

It seems that the lovely third Mrs. Gingrich, who for years I thought was a backup quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, sings in her church choir.  For.  Freekin’. Money.

For 15 years, Gingrich, 45, has performed weekly with the choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. She and the other choir members are paid, professional singers who can sight-read on command and easily distinguish Gregorian chant from Renaissance polyphony.

The church has to pay her to sing.

Psalm 100

1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

No, I did not edit out the part that says “get paid for singing in church.”

The floozy witch doesn’t already have enough money?  She’s gotta take the Lord’s money?

Thanks to BarbinDC for the heads-up.