Confederacy of Dunces cont.

The Republicans are having a big "182-minutes Hate" tonight. As has been their pattern the last four or five years, they've managed to use their love of guns to shoot off their toes.

First they invited Sarah Palin to give Newt Gingrich's speech, then they uninvited her to settle for the real asshole deal, then they decided, "hey another Newt Gingrich with boobs would be cool" but then Newt went all "there's only one C-Cup this bunch can handle and I've got the wonderbra" and they uninvited her again.

Palin was told abruptly Saturday night that she would not be allowed to address the thousands of Republicans there after all.

The Alaska governor may now skip the dinner altogether, and her allies are miffed at what they see as a slight from the congressional wing of the Republican Party.

The reason given for the snub, said a Palin aide, was that NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions was concerned about not wanting to upstage former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the fundraising gala’s keynote speaker.

Oh dear, 2012 is going to be such a car crash that you can't help but "rubber-neck" it, but then again this is the modern GOP so I guess you'd have to "rhythm method within the confines of traditional marriage" it.