Cher, one of the intellectual giants of late 20th century political thought, told Jay Leno that the Tea Party is f-ing nuts. Of course, this comes from a woman who is f-ing nuts herself. This is a woman who:

- Has had so much plastic surgery that she is now virtually indistinguishable from OctoMom.
- Named her son Elijah Blue.
- Named her daughter Chastity.
- Has a daughter (Chastity) who recently became her son (Chaz).
- From 1965-74, added an accent to her name to become Chér, a Frenchification that rendered her one syllable name virtually unpronounceable.
- Moved in with a 22-year old bagel maker when she was forty.
- Dated a 38-year old biker when she was sixty-three.
- Married heroin and cocaine addict Greg Allman three days after divorcing Sonny.
- Changed her name to Cher in 1979. No middle name. No last name. No accent, either.
- Called David Letterman “an asshole” during an interview on his late night TV show (OK, well, maybe that one doesn’t count against her).
It wasn’t an official strike, just a protest. But 100 or so members of the Screen Actors Guild picketed NBC’s Tonight Show in Burbank last night. And President Obama’s limo sped past them faster than Joe Biden putting his foot in his mouth.