Sue Lowden: Chickens for health care? How about cake?

It just gets better and better as Nevada’s Republican candidates stretch ever further after the Silly Putty Prize for Political Mis-speak (SPPPMS).

Republican Senatorial wannabe, beauty queen and multi-millionaress had this suggestion for Nevadans who are sucking fumes when it comes to health care and the cash to pay for it:

“…I would say go out, go ahead out and pay cash for whatever your medical needs are, and go ahead and barter with your doctor.” - Sue Lowden 4.6.10, Mesquite, Nevada

I can hear a little bitty French woman’s voice outta the past, whispering “let them eat cake.”

You know Silly Sue has made it when Jay Leno chimes in:

To say that the hugely rich former casino owner, Sue Lowden, is out of touch with her homespun Tea Bag followers is understating it.

Silly - but very rich -  Sue Lowden was President of Santa Fe Hotel and Casino - which she helped run into the ground and then unloaded. She is a former Executive Vice President of Sahara Hotel and Casino. Having a Nevada gaming license, she currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary-Treasurer of Archon Corporation, a gaming and investment company.

Ah, a gaming license is better than a big ol’ diamond ring here in Nevada. It can go a long way to keep a girl solvent.

More 'misses' than 'hits': Leno, Kanye, Wilson, Tea Baggers

Mr. Maven and I were seriously looking forward to the ‘new’ Leno show last night. I should just stop here. It was just that bad.

For a guy that has been doing it this long, and has all the writers on the planet on his payroll, it was just that bad.

Jay Leno, shame on you.

Jerry Seinfeld, always my fav ‘clean’ comedian, came on and sleep walked through a painfully contrived bit with, gasp!, Oprah. Oprah? I was beginning to think a botched colonoscopy would be more amusing. I was fantasizing about real talent, like maybe big fat (but jolly!) Merv Griffin.

Now, I’m ashamed.

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