It Was on the Tip of My Tongue

I have been trying to find the words for this. Heather Armstrong figured it out just ahead of me:

I get the feeling that people around the world are looking at this election as a gauge to see if America is finally ready to wake up and realize that we are not the only country on this planet. They are waiting to see if we are going to put yet another fundamentalist loon in charge of public and foreign policy, someone who doesn't think that global warming is in any way caused by humans, so screw the rest of you who live here on this planet, we need that cup of oil with breakfast in the morning.

To my readers who do not live in America, who are not American, please know that there are so many of us here who are disgusted with what we have let happen in the last eight years and are doing everything we can to ensure that it stops. We are just as scared as you are of those around us who have their fingers in their ears and are going LA LA LA LA LA in an attempt to convince themselves that their behavior and their policies are not in direct violation of the teachings of the God they think put them in power.

Before the RNC started up, I really didn't think I knew a single Republican, save for a few of my friend's dads from other states. I am flabbergasted by how many of my friends, friends that I think highly of, have said that they are "impressed by" and "HUGE fan(s) of" VP Nominee Sarah Palin.

Really.

I just got this in an email, from a friend that I've known almost 20 years:

I'm really sorry but I"m a huge Palin fan. I mean, HUGE. Did you see her speak?

I told her that no, I had not seen Palin's speech at the RNC, but that I did happen to catch this gem. I also told her that I don't for one second believe that she, my dear smart friend, could truly want this woman, fueled by her "devotion to Jesus Christ", a single degree of separation from her getting her finger on the button.

My fingers are in my ears and I'm all "LA LA LA LA LA".