Cat Fight! Sarah vs. Newt vs. GOP

By Baxter

Wow, we felines haven't seen this much action from the top of the backyard fence in a long time. A three-way Republican cat fight!

The hapless GOP — specifically, the National Republican Congressional and Senatorial Committees — are completely tied up in knots about their silly fundraising dinner in Washington tonight.

Back in March, they wanted Sarah Palin to be the keynote speaker. First she said she would, then she said she wouldn't. (Blame her incompetent "SarahPAC" staff, we think.) With a printing deadline fast approaching, the organizers turned to Newt Gingrich, who said yes. Now, there's new confusion about whether the failed 2008 Vice Presidential nominee, who's on a trip to the Lower 48, is A). speaking in addition to Newt, B). attending but not speaking, or C). not even attending at all.

We cats love stuff like this, and not just because we're into territoriality. It begs the question of how these Republican nincompoops would run the country, if they can't even run a darn fundraiser. And we're also enjoying the fact that it's coming on the heels of a small plagiarism dust-up between Palin and Gingrich.

But the best of of all? The wingnuts at Free Republic are furious, which, as always, bodes ill for the GOP. "These people are monsters." "Sarah, don't go!" "I think the GOP wants to use Palin to draw people and money, but they don't actually want to support her, or give her air time."

More elephantine disorganization and acrimony! We cats PURR.

UPDATE: Palin will attend, but not speak. This is decided — what, three hours out? What unholy messes these people are.