Quickies

• The smart, intellectual wing of the GOP is pondering whether the term "teabagging" should be treated like the n-word.
  

• Sarah Palin tells Salon that it's a "fair" concern to question whether Obama is a citizen. This is a mainstream Republican in an extreme leadership role. She's not a wacko on the street. This, again, highlights a big difference between the parties. The crazies are in charge of the GOP.

• Republican Senator Orrin Hatch (Utah) says he dreams of a day when Republicans have 60 seats and would "get this country under control." As you'll recall, two weeks ago Hatch called for a jihad against health care reform. Hatch is also a member of a cult that believes God lives on planet Kolob.

• Republican Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) tells MSNBC that people who do not have reliable health care coverage should go get a federal job. Of course the government acting as employer (ownership) is a socialist's dream...

• ...but someone forgot to tell House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) because he told CNBC the government doesn't create jobs. Not only should Boehner's claim come as a kick in the nuts to fellow Republican Judd Gregg's push for the federal government to employee millions of people without reliable health insurance, it's also interesting since in July Boehner thanked the stimulus package for "creating much needed jobs."