However, I am not convinced that what remains of the GOP macher class, which has always paid the bills and therefore called the dance, are willing to allow such a self-inflicted immolation exercise ruin their chances of (continued) world domination, just to humor those morans of the Rapture-Ready base that see Sarah Palin as their latter-day Joan of Arc-tic.

The historical Joan did not lead the armies of France to victory; instead she found her destiny, with a bit of “help” from Charles VII of Burgundy, as a martyr. This is frequently the fate of members of the rabble who go up against a macher like Prince Charles, later King Charles VII. Just saying.

Sarah, if you plan to run in 2012, you would be well-advised to run on foot. At all costs, avoid travel in small private aircraft.

Two words to the wise: Paul Wellstone.

“Palin is the only potential candidate on the Republican side with star power. It’s hard to quantify that trait, but Reagan had it. Ever since his time, Republicans have been convinced that charisma is king.”

Palin’s charisma is the kind that comes from over-confidence based on unintelligent simple thinking. When you think simply, everything seems obvious, so you become confident, then you have charisma. And that gets you places, especially in America.

Ah, the exhilaration of simple thinking!