Randi Rhodes: Stealing Thunder

Did you have a nice Memorial Day Weekend? Sarah Palin spent the weekend that’s supposed to be dedicated to remembering the sacrifice of others desperately trying to get people to remember her. Palin launched a bus tour of the Northeast that she called the “One Nation Tour,” probably because calling it the “Look At Me Tour” would be too obvious. Lady Gaga’s tours are less of an exercise in ego. At least Lady Gaga entertains people in the process. On the other hand, I don’t want to give Sarah Palin ideas by comparing her to Lady Gaga. It was bad enough seeing Sarah in the biker get-up. I don’t want to see her in a suit made out of meat. Palin’s bus tour is kind of like Charlie Sheen’s big tour, except Charlie Sheen has trouble with substances, and Sarah Palin has trouble with lack of substance. As the bus tour unfolded, Palin’s travel itinerary was unclear and confused. But then why should it be any different from Sarah Palin herself? Today Palin is in Gettysburg, PA, or as Michele Bachmann refers to it, the place where Paul Revere defeated the Nazis. Yesterday Sarah Palin showed up at the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally for veterans. I guess Rolling Thunder is the place to go if you want to steal somebody’s thunder. Palin breezed into the rally clad in black leather with a black Harley Davidson helmet, and shades. Did you ever notice that the only thing this woman ever seems prepared for is a photo-op? When asked if the rest of the tour would be as loud as the motorcycle rally Sarah yelled “It would be a blast if they were this loud, if they smelled this good. I love that smell of the emissions” ( video). Well, now we know her stand on greenhouse gasses: she loves ‘em! That’s something to keep in mind if she ever comes out with a line of perfume. “You smell like a parking garage. Are you wearing ‘Eau de Palin’?” Over the weekend a lewd photograph was sent from liberal Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Twitter account to a 21-year old girl on the west coast. My theory is that Congressman Weiner’s account got hacked… by a Republican Congressman. OK, I’m kidding. No Republicans in Congress have enough tech savvy to pull that off. All I know is, if somebody wants to prove that this is Congressman Weiner’s penis, they’re going to have to make it stand up in court! >>> MORE