For the last four years, one of the most popular political slogans in the United States as been against George W. Bush: Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
The trick was that Bush wasn’t really from Texas – he was from Connecticut, and was more of a citizen of the state than any place in particular, given the way that he rode his father’s coattails all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Sarah Palin is another story – a genuine village idiot. Everyone knows the village Sarah Palin is from, and that makes the equivalent slogan for Sarah Palin more specific:
Wasilla needs its village idiot. Send Sarah Palin home. The bumper sticker mixes a bit of compassion with a healthy dose of self-defense.
