The Makings of A Hitler's Rant: Romney Endorses McCain

It has the makings of a "Hitler's Rant." I could see it now on youtube. Hitler points to the map and says "now that Sarah Palin supporters are leaving in droves, we can set up campaign headquarters for Romney here (pointing to a map), here and here. They'll definitely vote for him now."

Then comes the scene where the sweating advisers look at each other. One says, "my fuhrer..." and the other says, "Governor Romney endorsed McCain today." Those of you who know the series can guess the rest. "Those of you who voted for McCain just because Sarah was on the ticket, leave the room." The tirade and the cursing follows. The crying girl outside hears Hitler yell "Just when that Massachussetts RINO had me convinced he was a conservative he goes and does this?!" The woman comforting the girl outside the door says "it's okay, Romney's still against Cap and Trade."

And at the end Hitler hangs his head with melancholy and mutters "I really don't know if we have any other choice now; we're stuck with Ron Paul."

Kurt Busch Going For First Daytona 500 Win

I'm now officially an old timer. Rusty Wallace was my driver. And although I am not as loyal to Kurt Busch as I was to "the man," I am still a team player who roots on Team Penske and the 2 car. I will always have a place in my heart for the coolest looking car on the track.

"Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch is a strong believer that his longevity and experience will increase the odds in his favor for a breakthrough win in Sunday’s 52nd annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway," the Busch team said in a press release issued Tuesday.

Let me steal a quote from the 2 car's former driver: "JUST WIN, BABY!" Rusty Wallace actually said this about his Nationwide Series team, but it sums up what the Penske team has to do this year as well.

It's not fun taking ribbing from Jeff Gordon fans. Team Penske has been beefing up their racing program this year, so look for the number 2 to come before the number 24 not only in the math books, but also on the track.  And look for a great season from a former NASCAR champion this year. The time has come to get back on top. Win, baby, win!

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RED NECK NIRVANA!

My interests in NASCAR and my interests in politics will meet this Sunday in Daytona. The ideologically hot Sarah Palin will be at the race. "Rogue-ity, rogue-ity, rogue-ity! Let's go racing, boys!" Ronald Reagan has also been an attendee at the NASCAR classic.

As is always the case with Sarah Palin, bashers go into convulsions, drool all over themselves, need to have nurses clean up their soiled drawers and have to have emergency laptops brought into the operating room so that they can read The Huffington Post. It's the only thing doctors say can save a PDS victim before they flat line.

But the truth of the matter is Sarah Palin bashers are not just about bashing Sarah Palin. They bash her because she represents a significant portion of the population that they don't like. Elitists don't like hard working, rough and tumble middle Americans who go to both church and the track. These all American values represent an existential threat to liberalism, an ideology that believes we should all live in East Berlin style housing, keep our poor people poor so that they are reliant on the government for their subsidies and that God is some outdated concept.

The idea of a gun toting Dale Earnhardt fan who still drives a truck with the number 3 sticker on the back setting up a good old tailgate complete with braats, chicken and cold beer simply scares the shit out of some weaselly faced environmental whacko sitting in their upper west side loft spewing off blogs about how great President Obama is. I kind of wish Keith Olbermann would go to a race so that the rednecks can flip the porta-potty over when he goes to the bathroom. But I digress.

The fact of the matter is, if you check out this website, bashers will not only bash Sarah Palin, they will bash race fans for being white trash, rednecks. Although I originally lived in New York, and am not a redneck by birth, I find I have more in common with the good ole boys here in Richmond than I do with the snobby elites up in New York. I left New York because I hated all the stupid liberals up there. The taxes were ridiculous and the cost of living high.

So I lift a high hearty middle finger to the hop head who wrote the blog about "Redneck Nirvana," and revel in the fact that instead of living in a basement apartment on Long Island and paying rent to a granola eating Rachel Maddow fan, I own my own house in a state that is governed by the great Bob McDonnell. I'll take that kind of conservatism over liberalism anyway.

And it's true. I actually do live next door to a guy named Bubba. And, the people across the street from me are diehard Sarah Palin supporters. The Bob McDonnell for Governor lawn sign I gave them is still up and my friend Billy's dad still has a "I voted for the chick" bumper sticker on his truck. Yeee haaaaa, liberals.

I live ten minutes from Richmond International Raceway. I actually got into NASCAR 10 years ago when a friend of mine who lived down here before I did handed me a beer at 11 am one Sunday in 1999 and said "we're watching NASCAR" today.

So even though Sarah Palin will have no official duties at the race, expect to see her on camera and possibly hear from her as well. There should also be some good media coverage as well. While Weed for Speed might think he is dissing us, I would be proud to call it Redneck Nirvana!

And if the media wants to bash Sarah Palin, to quote John McCain "we don't care."