Remembering a time when so little was known about Sarah Palin that the capitol newspaper got her husband's name wrong.

The above was a picture taken during Palin's inaugural ball in 2007.

Here is how the Juneau Empire identified it:  

Gov. Sarah Palin dances with her husband, Tom, on Saturday evening during the Governor's Inaugural Ball at Centennial Hall.

Boy whatever happened to old Tom? 

Because that Todd Palin guy, who apparently replaced him, turned out to be kind of a son-of-a-bitch.

Diaper wearing, prostitute banging Senator Vitter calling for ethics probe against Senators Reid and Boxer. "Kettle, there is a Mr. Pot holding on line two."

Photo courtesy of LynnRockets

Okay hang on let's see if we can sort this out. (You might want popcorn for this.)

Apparently David Vitter, made famous after being associated with the D.C. Madam and found to have utilized prostitutes while wearing adult diapers, did this: 

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been tying up the Senate this week as he pushes an amendment that would bar the federal government from making payments toward health insurance that members of Congress buy in the Obamacare exchanges. Vitter has been trying to attach the proposal to an unrelated bill on energy efficiency.

Pretty douchey I know.

In response the Democrats did this:  

But Democratic senators are preparing a legislative response targeting a sordid Vitter episode. If Vitter continues to insist on a vote on his proposal, Democrats could counter with one of their own: Lawmakers will be denied those government contributions if there is “probable cause” they solicited prostitutes. 

According to draft legislation obtained by POLITICO, Democrats are weighing whether to force a Senate vote on a plan that would effectively resurrect Vitter’s past if the conservative Republican continues to press forward with his Obamacare-bashing proposal. 

Oh no they didn't! But yes, yes they did. 

Well this caused Vitter to reflexively fill his depends and then he got pissed. (Or pissed himself, that part is a little unclear.)

So Vitter performed the Senate version of throwing a tantrum: 

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is calling for an ethics investigation of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), in response to Senate Democrats floating a bill that would block him from getting health benefits because of his prostitution scandal. 

In his call for an investigation, Vitter accuses Reid and Boxer, the chair of the Ethics Committee, of an attempt to influence his vote by "intimidation and bribery." 

Now just roll that around in your mind for a moment. The married Louisiana Senator who paid for sex with a number of prostitutes, and who dragged his poor wife out into the public arena to provide cover for his indiscretions, is now calling for a purely politically motivated ethic's investigation?

Personally I think that ANY issue which reminds the American public, and Vitter's constituents in Louisiana, of his past indiscretions is a good thing.

So as President Obama might say, "Please proceed Senator."

Hey before you make those vacation plans, have you thought about taking a cruise with a bunch of old, cranky Right Wing nuts? Well you can!

"The closest thing to being a king," says one elderly gentleman.

"I'm among two hundred or so people who think, politically, just like I do." says another. Followed up by "There's no such thing as a politically incorrect statement."

I love that not one of the people interviewed look a day under seventy five. If this is not a visual indication that the Republican party is dying out, I don't know what is.

For those among you who know your trivia, you may remember that this self same cruise was the beginning of one of the darkest times in American political history.

It was on the exact same Weekly Standard sponsored cruise that  Bill Kristol discovered Sarah Palin:  
In June 2007, a cruise hosted by the political journal The Weekly Standard set anchor in Juneau, Alaska. Standard editors William Kristol and Fred Barnes then lunched with Governor Sarah Palin. It was a moment of discovery to equal Hernando Cortez’s landing at Veracruz. 

Kristol appeared on Fox News on June 30, 2008, confidently predicting that McCain would select Sarah Palin and as a public display of support, oil prices would miraculously fall. 

Kristol can fairly lay claim to having “discovered” Palin for Washington political circles. Palin’s name appeared in 41 Weekly Standard articles since the Juneau meeting—starting with a paean entitled “ The Most Popular Governor” that ran right after the reception. 

Indeed, Kristol, who was a loyal McCain supporter in 2000 and is often thought to have suffered exclusion from Bush’s inner circle as a result, may have played a key role in McCain’s decision to tap Palin as his running mate.

Yep that's what happened in 2007.  As if anybody needed another reason to despise Bill Kristol.

Just think if you go this time perhaps they will discover something equally as destructive such as a skin dissolving bacteria, or a giant Tokyo stomping creature like Godzilla perhaps.

Though to be honest it would pale in comparison.

Lest you think that the opinions of Todd "Legitimate rapes can't result in pregnancy" Akin were not reflective of the GOP presidential and vice presidential nominee's opinions. Think again.

Here is what Mitt Romney had to say in 2007.

"I would welcome a circumstance where there were such a consensus in this country that we said we don't want to have abortion in this country, at all, period! That would be wonderful, I'd be delighted to sign that bill."

As we know Mitt Romney is the absolute king of the flip floppers so he is currently modifying his stated view to reflect what he thinks the voting public will tolerate, however as a strict Mormon, I find his statements in 2007 to be MUCH more reflective of what I believe to be his core values.

In other words I have little doubt that he would encourage the repeal of Roe V Wade, and with Paul Ryan as his running mate that is all the MORE likely.

They want smaller government alright. Just the right size to fit inside a woman's lady parts and tell them exactly what they can and cannot do.

Just for fun. The top ten quotes of 2007. Senator Biden gets a twofer!

1."Don't Tase Me, Bro!"--the plea made by University of Florida student Andrew Meyer on September 17

2. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us."-- Lauren Upton, the South Carolina contestant in the Miss Teen America contest in August.

3. "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."-- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's October comment at Columbia University in New York.

4. "That's some nappy-headed hos there!"--Shock jock Don Imus comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

5. "I don't recall." -- Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional hearing about the firing of U.S. attorneys.

6. "There's only three things he (Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." -- Sen. Joseph Biden, speaking at a Democratic presidential debate.

7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody (Vice President Dick Cheney) who has a 9 percent approval rating." -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.

8. "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom." -- Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's explanation of why his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's room.

9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -- Biden describing rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." -- Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.

My favorite will have to be the Biden quote about Giuliani, but the one that never failed to make me laugh was the Larry Craig quote.

There are an awful lot of good ones the list to be sure.