Widgets are all the rage these days. These crazy little doohickeys make your internet or computer work better, or in clever little ways that make us all amused, at the very least. The truth is, though, if they were really all that necessary they would be part of the OS, built in.

Another crazy little doohickey is Ron Paul.

It would appear that things are shaping up fast in the Cornhusker State for Osama bin “Articulate”, a.k.a. “I won’t wear pins or place my hand over my heart during the pledge” Obama.

With both Biden and Kucinich already using “strategery” to direct that their second choice caucus goers support Obama, now add on to that pig-pile (it’s a term from football folks, not a derogatory one) the bail out “supporters” of Bill Richardson.

While this might be more of a strategy to bring down John “Hairstyle” Edwards as opposed to a “dis” of Hillary, it certainly does not bode well for the former First “Woman Scorned”.

Prediction- Obama (Watch out Repubs- Unlike Hillary, this guy actually could WIN the whole thing.)

On the Republican side of the tracks, it sounds as though “Sleepy Fred” is willing to call it quits after Iowa, telling his supporters (the AARP) to support McCain if they can get up and walk still after hearing one of his “Gipper” stump speeches. Rumor has it that his tour bus is called the “Nap Express”, and instead of a lavish interior set up like an office, there is a Lazy-Boy recliner and a tattered sofa. (Ed: Reports stated that a line of trucks marked “Political Viagra” were headed into Iowa early this morning, so more on that later.)

I don’t know what happened to Thompson, but I think we all decided we liked his thespian characters more than him in real life. At least when it comes to “President”.

Ron Paul- well, he is Ron Paul. Still squeaking out his “Retreat!!! The Constitution damands it!!!” rhetoric, he is licking his wounds from being left out of the upcoming Fox News Roundtable discussion. However, and I know I have said it before- WATCH this guy folks. He is a likely left wing supported Perot-like stooge. I suspect that there is a HUGE chance of him jumping in as a Libertarian or Independent after losing the nomination, citing the huge groundswell of support he obtained during this process.

The left would like nothing more than to shave off points from the moderate conservative slice of pie to produce another Clinton in the White House like we saw happen with Perot.

Romney and Huckabee continue to smile like good Christians while slinging stones at each other like Cain and Abel. While I really want to leave religion out of this, I would love to see what you get when it isn’t just a Mormon and a Southern Baptist running for President. Just for grins, I would like to see a huge summer picnic with about 500 of each. See how long they “get along” before the religious attacks came out.

Oh well… I can dream…

Prediction- Huckabee wins a close one in the Bible Belt.

For you Iowans… have a great day. It is the only time the Country really remembers you are there.

(Ok, now… that is 95% meant to be tongue in cheek- we all know Iowa is south of the Great Lakes and East of the Rockies- I think you have to turn left at St. Louis…)

This is just too funny to pass up.

Apparently a study has been done on four years worth of Gallup polling data. The study found… are you ready??? “Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to report having excellent mental health.”

Now, I am sure all us conservatives are out here, scratching our heads, fighting with the buckles on our straightjackets or the tamper proof tops of our Zoloft bottles, asking aloud “Seriously? Are you sure? You aren’t kidding now, are you???”

I have just a one word response:

“Duh…” 

I can’t (read that, can’t)  count on two thousand sets of hands and feet the amount of times I have sat there, staring back at any liberal I have met, and wondered “Are you stable in there? Is a little bird going to fly out of a little door in the front of your forehead in a second? I bet your favorite cereal is Cocoa Puffs, correct?”

Think of the times you have seen or heard Cindy Sheehan, Susan Estrich, Jenny Backus, Al Franken, or Rosie O’Donnell. Try to tell me you have not wondered seriously about the mental health of John Murtha, Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi, or Alec Baldwin.

 Each of these people are excellent examples supporting the argument that chromosomal functions are not always foolproof.

We know this list goes long and deep, but I don’t have that much ink, even in the cyber world. (The real truth is, I wan”t to go out and put up my Christmas lights.)

 So- our thanks to Gallup, for bringing us this “proof”.

As if we needed it…

 http://www.gallup.com/poll/102943/Republicans-Report-Much-Better-Mental-Health-Than-Others.aspx