Oh boo fuckin' hoo!

The GOP can go piss and moan about GENERAL Wesley Clark calling it like it is all they want so long as it is out of my earshot.

Try it around me and get a face full of claws.

They opened that can of worms with this stunning display of respect for the sacrifice of those who serve. We know exactly what they think - service is only to be respected if a republican offers himself up, Democrats are just phony soldiers.

Well, Fuck them and their faux outrage.

When the GOP condoned this and didn't condemn it - on the floor of their convention - they lost all right to pretend to be outraged when that big, fat chicken came home to roost - and now it's crapping all over the car parked underneath the tree. I say "so fucking what?"

The Chickenhawks made their fucking featherbed. Let them lie in it.

~~BG

Hey, can I join in? Because there's no shortage of wingnuts out there who opened this can of worms up a long time ago...well, not so long ago.



And, well, what's one Veteran criticizing another Veteran worth to ya?

Let's not forget what old Bob Dole had to say:

Aug. 25, 2004 Yesterday, Bob Dole joined Republican critics who claim that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry doesn't deserve the Purple Hearts he won in Vietnam. Dole said, "three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds." But is bleeding even necessary? How do you earn a Purple Heart?

Yeah, I think the wingnuts can tamp down on their faux outrage here...

--WS

Yes, but Gordon Smith is a goon

Everyone in Oregon knows that the frozen pea prince of Pendleton is the very definition of an asshat, and a gander at a map will reveal exactly why Oregon voters acquiesced and sent him to Washington the second time he tried to buy the seat - DC is about as far away from Oregon as you can get and stay on the continent.

He is a craven opportunist of the highest order, and Jeff Merkley is coming after him, intent on exposing his ass-hattery and taking his senate seat away from him.

Smith's latest dalliance with lying perfidy falsely asserts that Barack Obama had glowing words to say about his (Smith's) johnny-come-lately opposition to the war in Iraq. He only discovered his inner hippie after the 2006 elections saw republicans get their asses handed to them all over the country. He only caught the bipartisan bug after checking the calendar and realizing he was up for reelection in the next cycle. He is an opportunistic goon who would stab his mother in the back for a single vote in that lefty paradise Eugene.

The fact is, Smith has never taken a bold stand for or against anything, and certainly not against his BFF aWol bu$h.


Given his track record, it shouldn't surprise anyone that he is trying to run to the left and attempting to take up a position under Democratic petticoats - but this time it looks like he has taken it too far. He is actually running a television ad in which he falsely claims that Obama lauded him for displaying bold leadership.

Obama never said any such thing - here is what he actually said about Smith:

Gordon Smith's problem is that he rarely breaks away from George Bush and the Republican agenda that I think has done this country great damage.

Oregon's Democratic delegation is pushing back against their veracity-challenged republican colleague, and the pushback is getting picked up by the local television news.

Watch:



Smith, by the way, is McCain's Oregon Campaign chair. Wonder what the campaign thinks about Smith's effort to cozy up to Obama?

Of conservatives, veteran benefits and bullshit reasoning

Conservatives spent the Memorial Day weekend explaining why they are opposed to education benefits for veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. Speaking to a group of veterans on Monday, McCain repeated the debunked bullshit that improving the GI Bill would damage retention by as much as 16%. "Encouraging people to choose to not become noncommissioned officers would hurt the military and our country very badly," he said.

He is, to put it delicately, full of shit. But it isn't just me saying that - it is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), too.

CBO expects that both enlistment and retention would be affected by the proposed improvement in education benefits. The net impact on DoD’s discretionary costs for those purposes would be an increase of $1.1 billion over the 2009-
2013 period. That net change reflects the expected cost of increased bonus payments for reenlistment ($6.7 billion), less the estimated savings for enlistment bonuses and other recruiting costs ($5.6 billion). (The net discretionary costs described above include this $1.1 billion, as well as offsetting savings to DoD from other aspects of the legislation.)

To maintain current levels of enlistment and retention, DoD incurs costs for advertising, recruiters, enlistment bonuses, and retention bonuses. An enhanced package of education benefits would make military service more attractive, and increasing those benefits would allow the services to reduce other enlistment incentives while still enlisting the same number of recruits. However, because the higher educational benefits would reduce the costs of attending college after military service, enacting S. 22 (as modified) also would increase the number of servicemembers who would separate from military service to take advantage of those benefits. Additional reenlistment incentives would then be required to keep the number of reenlistments, and the experience profile of the military force, constant.

Educational benefits have been shown to raise the number of military recruits. Based on an analysis of the existing literature, CBO estimates that a 10 percent increase in educational benefits would result in an increase of about 1 percent in high-quality recruits. On that basis, CBO calculates that raising the educational benefits as proposed in S. 22 would result in a 16 percent increase in recruits. To maintain the same force levels and thus the same number of recruits, enlistment bonuses and other recruiting costs could be reduced.

The marginal cost of enlistment bonuses and the other expenditures necessary to attract an additional enlistment is about $35,000. CBO estimates that reduced spending for those purposes would result in a savings of almost $5.6 billion over the 2009-2013 period.

Now, we all know that the military has never intended to retain every last recruit. What McCain proposes would totally screw over the vast majority of recruits who only serve one hitch. What McCain and the conservatives are proposing sounds very familiar to a lot of us who have been around the base a time or two - they are offering what we used to call bootstraps, and bootstraps are for lifers. Period. And if more than two freakin' percent of the country had any military connection, they would call these assholes on this crap.

The CBO found that increases in recruitment would offset retention losses - and not only that, the recruits motivated to serve by the promise of an education would inherently be of a better quality than many of the waivered Soldiers and Marines that those branches have been forced to take to make their recruiting quotas.

Spending on education benefits for those who serve return every dollar expended to the economy seven times over, and made the middle class not merely the envy of the world, but possible in the first place. And an overwhelming majority of those people who used it and improved their lives and communities were one-hitch draftees.

But these feckless Bravo Foxtrots would rather lie through their teeth and deny todays volunteers the benefits that some of them used themselves. (h/t VetVoice)

James Rubin Busts McCain for Hamas Hypocrisy

Cindy was getting a manicure when the news broke that George Bush had made his smarmy appeasement slur, and her polish wasn't dry by the time JSM had jumped on the bandwagon and agreed whole heartedly with the brilliance that is Bush.

Yes, indeed, he did chime in. Yes, indeed. The Democrats are a bunch of soft-on-Israel terrorist appeasers. Talking to “terrorists and radicals'’ was no different than appeasing Hitler and the Nazis. “Yes, there have been appeasers in the past, and the president is exactly right, and one of them is Neville Chamberlain,'’ McCain told reporters on the campaign bus after an appearance in Ohio. Asked if he thought that Barack Obama was an "appeaser" McCain was maddeningly, infuriatingly, smarmy in his answer. “I think that Barack Obama needs to explain why he wants to sit down and talk with a man who is the head of a government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, that is responsible for the killing of brave young Americans, that wants to wipe Israel off the map, who denies the Holocaust. That’s what I think Senator Obama ought to explain to the American people.'’

All well and good. So long as you understand that this is a new position McCain has settled on. Two years ago, when he wasn't running for president, he wasn't just singing from a different hymnal than the current one, he was across town worshiping with a small charismatic congregation.

Charging your opponents with appeasement and likening them to Neville Chamberlain in the Knesset is a brutal blow. It is bad enough that Republicans use the politics of personal destruction here at home, but to deploy that kind of political weapon at an occasion as solemn as an American president addressing the parliament of a friendly government marks a new low.

McCain, meanwhile, is guilty of hypocrisy. I am a supporter of Hillary Clinton and believe that she was right to say, about McCain's statement on Hamas, "I don't think that anybody should take that seriously." Unfortunately, the Republicans know that some people will. That's why they say such things.

But given his own position on Hamas, McCain is the last politician who should be attacking Obama. Two years ago, just after Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections, I interviewed McCain for the British network Sky News's "World News Tonight" program. Here is the crucial part of our exchange:

I asked: "Do you think that American diplomats should be operating the way they have in the past, working with the Palestinian government if Hamas is now in charge?"

McCain answered: "They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it's a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that."

Nothing really to add. McCain will say anything to pander for votes. But we know that already.

American Legion chastises Congress, comes out in favor of Jim Webb's GI Bill legislation

This is one of those things that came on the wire feed while I was off at the convention that needs a post of it's own.

The American Legion has come out strong in favor of S 22, the GI Bill legislation offered by Senator Jim Webb (D,VA) in January 2007.

"When The American Legion championed the original Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, even some veterans groups complained that it would 'break the treasury,'" National Commander Marty Conatser said. "Instead, the GI Bill transformed the economy and has been widely hailed as the greatest domestic legislation Congress ever passed. The critics were wrong then and they are wrong now."

Conatser pointed out that while the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill, S-22, would cost $51.8 billion over 10 years, "it is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the sacrifices made by America's servicemembers and their families."

The debate over the cost for the original World War II-era GI Bill was unpersuasive to its author, American Legion Past National Commander Harry Colmery. "If we can spend 200 to 300 billion dollars to teach our men and women to kill, why quibble over a billion or so to help them to have the opportunity to earn economic independence and to enjoy the fruits of freedom?" he asked at the time.

Over the decades, the GI Bill has enabled millions of veterans to attend college and is estimated by some economists to have returned $7 to the economy for every $1 in cost. However soaring tuition and decreases in program benefits over the years has left higher education out of reach for many current veterans.

Concerns that the new GI Bill, proposed by Sen. James Webb, D-Va., would hurt military retention are unfounded, according to The American Legion. "This bill would encourage young men and women to join the military," Conatser said. "As far as retention goes, the CBO estimates that a simple $8,000 bonus to personnel at their first enlistment point would increase reenlistments by 2 percentage points. Another way to encourage mid-level servicemembers to stay in the military is to transfer GI Bill benefits to family members so the servicemember can remain in the military and still benefit from the program."

Conatser had a suggestion to critics who believe the GI Bill is too expensive. "Visit Walter Reed. War is expensive indeed and the bulk of that cost is paid for by the men and women who wear the uniform. Benefits are just a small, small cost of war."

"The GI Bill is important enough to stand on its own merit," concludes Conatser. "I have faith in the American people that they will demand that Congress pass the GI Bill, which truly expresses the thanks of a grateful nation for service above and beyond that of normal citizenship."

The support - or lack thereof - of the American Legion will go a long way in a lot of republican congressional districts this fall. The organization has nearly two and three quarters million members who have served in foreign wars, and every year more and more men and women become eligible to join. The republican party pisses off the veterans constituency at their own peril. Personally, I hope they continue on this self-destructive path. The sooner we put two behind the ear of the myth that the republicans are the party that best represents the military interest, the better off we will be.

Wow! A heterosexual republican sex scandal!

It turns out that last weeks drunk-driving arrest was just the tip of the iceberg for New York republican congressman Vito Fossella.

The married congressman and father of three originally told the officers who arrested him for driving under the influence (he was drunk twice over) that he was on his way to pick up his daughter - and the address he gave was for a retired female military officer, Lt. Colonel Laura Fay - not the address of the home he shares with his wife and three daughters.

Ms. Fay was the one who picked him up at the police station when he was released at 8:00 a.m. the following morning.

Later, when the press asked if he was the father of Ms. Fay's three year old daughter, the response was indignant - why they wouldn't even entertain the notion of answering such a rude and preposterous question!

Well what a difference a week makes. Today he is 'fessing up - he is indeed the baby daddy, and he chewed the scenery when he came clean:

“My personal failings and imperfections have caused enormous pain to the people I love and I am truly sorry,” Fossella said in the statement.

“While I understand that there will be many questions, including those about my political future, making any political decisions right now are furthest from my mind,” the lawmaker, who was arrested for drunk driving last week, said. “Over the coming weeks and months, I will to continue to do my job and I will work hard to heal the deep wounds I have caused.”

They all say some version of that, don't they?

Vito, I beg you, from the bottom of my Democratic heart...please don't resign. In fact, I think you should run again. I think you can turn this to your advantage even. Oh yes, you can beat this thing. I have the utmost confidence...In fact, as soon as you announce your reelection bid, I am sending your campaign the largest contribution I can afford. /snark/

Is this compassionate conservatism?

Will Issa lose his seat over this? He certainly should.

He spent Wednesday running for cover after outraging Democrats and republicans alike with his crass remarks that the United States had done plenty to help New York recover from a "fire" that was the result of a "plane crash" at the WTC.

"That is a pretty distorted view of things," said Frank Fraone, a Menlo Park, Calif., fire chief who led a 67-man crew at Ground Zero. "Whether they're a couple of planes or a couple of missiles, they still did the same damage."

"New York was attacked by Al Qaeda. It doesn't have to be attacked by Congress," added Long Island Rep. Pete King, a Republican.

"I'm really surprised by Darrell Issa," King added. "It showed such a cavalier dismissal of what happened to New York. It's wrong and inexcusable."

Lorie Van Aucken, who lost her husband, Kenneth, in the attacks, slammed Issa's "cruel and heartless" comments.

"It's really discouraging. People stepped up and did the right thing. They sacrificed themselves and now a lot of people are getting really horrible illnesses," she added.

Issa is no stranger to hypocrisy. He is the former teenage punk who clouted cars and got busted; then as an adult got rich selling car alarms to law abiding citizens to protect themselves from people like him.

He didn't get away with his shenanigans this time, though. He got called out from every quarter, and made with backpeddling like there was no (political) tomorrow. He issued a statement in which he said "I continue to support federal assistance for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks," and floated the meme that he only "asked tough questions about expenditures."

He can spin it any way he wants, but he is still avoiding the press because he's a chickenshit little bitch. New York members of the congressional delegation, meantime, were quick to get in his face.

"He realized he stepped in it," said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan), who was chairing the hearing when Issa opened his mouth and let idiocy tumble forth.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn-Queens), true to the boroughs he represents, was a little more mocking and derogatory than his refined Manhattanite counterpart with his comments "The sound I'm hearing is him slamming the brakes and going in reverse."

Fox News excludes Ron Paul from the final debate

Pravda Fox News, the official propaganda machine of the GOP, is running scared from Ron Paul. They must find his adherence to Constitutional principles wholly intolerable, since they refused to let him participate in the final debate before the voting starts. (Remember, Fox also refused to run a pro-Constitution ad.)

Now, don't confuse me with a Paul supporter - I'm not - and no, I won't be converted in comments - but I am a Democracy supporter.

Now I feel bad for somewhat supporting the exclusion of Gravel from subsequent debates after his "love" rant last August, because that exclusion led to the exclusion of Kucinich, who is the one true progressive who articulates liberal positions and ideals, but isn't electable. We went down the path of letting the M$M decide who will be heard, and this is the payoff. The GOPers are excluding the only anti-war candidate in the Republican field. (I WAS WRONG. I SHOULD HAVE RAISED HELL WHEN GRAVEL WAS EXCLUDED. And so should have you, and you, and you, and you, and you. Let's learn a lesson from our mistake.)

In the case of Paul, the only reason to exclude him is to silence him on opposition to the war. And he called 'em on it:

Ron Paul said the decision to exclude him from a debate on Fox News Sunday the weekend before the New Hampshire Primary is proof that the network “is scared” of him.

“They are scared of me and don’t want my message to get out, but it will,” Paul said in an interview at a diner here. “They are propagandists for this war and I challenge them on the notion that they are conservative.”

When 70% of America agrees about something, that's strong consensus. Unfortunately, it runs counter to the agenda of the war-whores at Faux News, and rather than deal with it, they chose to silence the lone voice of opposition.

Chickenshit bastards.

Minnesota Judge Upholds Larry Craig's Guilty Plea

Hennepin County (MN) Judge Charles Porter has upheld the guilty plea entered by Senator Larry "Wide Stance" Craig. In a 27-page order, Porter called Craig’s August guilty plea “accurate, voluntary, and intelligent,” adding that “the conviction is supported by the evidence.”

You remember Craig. He is the latest Republican pervert to be arrested in a public mens room for cruising for anonymous sex.

First, Craig tried to make it all go away by quietly pleading guilty and handling it through the mail. Once his little peccadillo found out, he held a press conference indicating he would resign his seat at the end of September. Then he reneged, stating that he was going to appeal his guilty plea, he was innocent, and he would delay his resignation and departure until the Judge issued his decision, but a favorable ruling in Minnesota was the only thing that would keep him from resigning.

Steve Benen says we should hold off on sending the movers to clean out his office.

So, Craig has no choice but to resign? Not so fast. As of a couple of weeks ago, the senator’s office said a favorable ruling in Minnesota was the only thing that would keep Craig from resigning. Now, the senator may decide that a misdemeanor charge on his record isn’t the end of the world, and he might just stick around anyway.

On MSNBC last week, Craig lawyer Stanley Brand suggested the senator may disregard the outcome of his court request altogether. Chris Matthews asked whether Craig would try to “hang on” until the end of his term. Brand replied, “[I] think that’s conceivable, especially if he gets some type of relief in Minnesota. But I don’t think it depends on that.”

In other words, today is a setback for the Idaho Republican, but it’s likely the story isn’t over yet.

I say...

Good on ya, Larry! You stand your ground! You fight the good fight and drag this out for as long as possible! Keep it, and GOP hypocrisy, in the news. Make sure that Jane and Joe Family Values Voter are reminded every single day when they open their paper or turn on the news that you are hanging in there and fighting for your right to tap that foot and cruise for a hookup. Keep shining the light on your personal and political cowardice and hypocrisy.

I thank you, and the DNC thanks you.

Larry Craig thinks we're all idiots

The saga of Larry “Wide Stance” Craig continues.
He is apparently not resigning his Senate Seat on Sunday as he originally led his colleagues and constituents to believe he would; and now he is trying to get his guilty plea thrown out.

He really thought he was home free, that he could plead guilty by mail to a misdemeanor in Minnesota and skate away, and indeed, he almost did.

But he was found out. And that’s when he started to spin. Oh how he did spin! He temporarily generated his own gravitational field, so furiously did he spin!

His latest craven ploy has been to try to withdraw his guilty plea, six weeks after sentencing! Hennepin County District Judge Charles A. Porter treated the matter with the harsh skepticism it deserved when it came before him on Wednesday. He pointed to Craig’s admission in August that his behavior constituted a crime that "would arouse alarm or resentment of others." During the 40 minute hearing, the Judge said "That's what he did in his petition -- admit what he did."

Craig's attorney, Billy Martin, argued that the senator did not consult a lawyer before making his guilty plea, which he mailed to the court. At a hearing with a lawyer representing Craig, a judge would have asked the senator questions about the incident before accepting a plea, Martin said.

But Porter cut off the attorney, saying "my speculation" is that Craig wanted to plead guilty. "If he intended to plead guilty, he would have said 'yes' " to questions about whether he knew he had committed a crime, the judge said.

For the guilty plea to be withdrawn, Craig and his attorney must manage to convince the Judge that for the plea to remain in place would constitute a “manifest injustice” for the plea to stand. (Craig skipped the proceedings).

His lawyer maintained that would be the case because his actions were “innocuous” – there was no physical or verbal contact that would rise to the level of disorderly conduct. "None of those facts, Your Honor, in and of themselves constitute a crime," he told Porter.

Porter was ready for the Senators mouthpiece.

The judge said that, if he came down off the bench running at Martin, "shaking his fist," without ever punching him or yelling at him, it would likely prompt the attorney to think the judge was trying to incite him.

“It absolutely would," Martin said.

"Well, that's disorderly conduct," Porter replied.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I am not the only person left thinking "This doesn't wash!" What kind of disconnect with reality does it take for a lawmaker to plead that level of ignorance of the judicial process???

In fact, he should resign no matter what Judge Porter decides. He is either a pervert, or he is a moron. (Although it's likely he is both.) And "moron" alone should be enough to cost him his seat.

Can't Quite Grasp the Outrage...

Someone, please, explain to me how this disrespects military service...


And this does not?


IOKIYAR? I guess so - Republicans can demean and degrade and insult veterans, but if a Democrat asks legitimate questions the foam-flecked fuckwits get in a lather?

Until someone can explain this, you outraged lot can quietly and expeditiously fuck right the hell off.

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Further thoughts on the "Betray-Us" ad

I first heard it from an active duty soldier, about an hour after he took the billet. But that is not the point. I think it was stupid, and I said so. But that isn't the point, either.

I am hearing Norm Coleman make hay from it, just as that wingnut congresswoman from Florida did yesterday.

That set me to wondering about something...

How offended were they when Senator Kerry was swift-boated? War hero and triple-amputee Max Cleland was smeared by the smarmy Saxby Chambliss by equating him with Osama bin Laden. How offended were the wingnuts then? They accept the rodent Chambliss as their equal.

Hell - how did they react to those of us who disagreed with them before the war? They called us unpatriotic, they called us traitors, they called us unamerican and told us to get out of the country even though we had served in greater numbers. (The right to free speech that so many on our side had served to uphold doesn't guarantee that everything said will be smart, or even true. It is up to the listener to make those judgements.)

But I digress...Anyone - and I do mean anyone - bleating about being offended now, by that ad, better be able to point to a full-throated denunciation of scurrilous attacks that went the other way. Sauce for the goose being sauce for the gander, and all that.

Another Caption Contest!

I'll get this one started....

Q. What has two thumbs, a double standard and no conscience?

A. This guy!


Okay - your turn. Bring on the snark.

Ted Nuisance: Not just insane, but a pathetic, pissing coward, too!

By now you have all seen the YouTube of Ted Nuisance strutting across the stage brandishing a machine gun and telling Hillary and Obama to "suck on this" and he calls Obama a "piece of shit" and a "punk."

Ted maybe ought to exercise a little care when throwing around terms like "punk" - especially when the public record shows him to be a draft-dodging punk of the first order. When it was his time to step up and wield a machine gun for real, he pussed out, big time.

Richard Roeper at the Chicago Sun-Times has the details of the Motor City Madman's unrivaled cowardice:

[W]hen it was time to register for the draft during the Vietnam era. By his own admission, Nugent stopped all forms of personal hygiene for a month and showed up for his draft board physical in pants caked with his own urine and feces, winning a deferment. Creative!

Sean Insanity of Faux Noise defends the jingoistic jackass and his 'right' to make terroristic threats against two sitting United States Senators (both of whom have Secret Service protection).

Funny thing, that. I certainly do not recall him being so magnanimous and in favor of the First Amendment when Natalie Maines said she was embarrassed that Bush was from her home state of Texas.

What is it with Republican perverts and public bathrooms?

Before I launch into this creep, let me make one thing clear...I don't give a rat's ass where you put your winkie in private. So long as you wag it in private, that is none of my business. I agree with Molly Ivins there - I don't care who you are screwing in private, so long as you aren't screwing the public. That said - when you start wagging it in public, that's a crime.

And that said, lets make it perfectly clear that it isn't 'teh gay' that invokes our wrath and scorn - it is the hypocrisy.

Sen. Larry E. Craig, an Idaho Republican was arrested June 11 in a public restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where the incident report states he was “detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed, photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a formal complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly conduct.” The report states that a plainclothes officer was investigating complaints about sexual activity in the men's room. Per the police report, that facility has been the site of “numerous arrests regarding sexual activity in the public restroom.”

The arresting officers report detailed the behavior that led to the arrest of Craig:

My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall. From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me. […]

At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area.

This is the same Larry Craig who piously derided Bill Clinton as a "naughty boy" and who has a zero-score on gay-rights issues.

Let's just call him what he is...a self-loathing closeted queen.

A Dope-Slap™ for David Vitter

Okay.

David Vitter is a giant randy jackass.

That is the least-nasty thing I can say about him.

The guy sniveling hypocrite, who has a long history of boinking hookers, and who said this:

Some current polls may suggest that people are turned off by the whole Clinton mess and don’t care — because the stock market is good, the Clinton spin machine is even better or other reasons. But that doesn’t answer the question of whether President Clinton should be impeached and removed from office because he is morally unfit to govern. [–– David Vitter, Times-Picayune, 10/29/98]

And soon thereafter said this:

“I think Livingston’s stepping down makes a very powerful argument that Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess,” he said. [–– David Vitter Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 12/20/98]

A guy sniveling hypocrite whose name was in the D.C. Madam’s phone records, and who went into hiding (at least he didn’t go to rehab) for a week; came out of his fetal position today to spin and attempt to shift the blame.

Now, you see, it is the fault of a vast left wing conspiracy…

Yep.. It's his political opponents fault that he is a giant randy jackass.

A guy so audacious as to try this...

Gets one of these.

Schaddenfreude alert!

I love it when hypocrites get a few thousand calories of just desserts.

Jack Burkman is the right-wing nutjob who said this: "[T]his issue [gay marriage] and the moral fabric of the country is five times as important as the war on terror and the war in Iraq combined... I mean, if Osama bin Laden thinks he can defeat the United States by knocking over buildings, he's crazy. But where we will fall and where we are falling as a civilization is from within."


And I just found out that he is on the D.C. Madam's phone list!!!

Oh, sweet God's of hypocrisy and come-uppance, I offer you blessings!!!

So perverts with fetishes who hire hookers and exploit women - while trashing other people whose behaviors don't harm anyone else, or even the participants - are not a problem, but if my Uncle Billy were to make an honest woman of my Aunt Richard after 40 years of a monogamous, loving and committed relationship, western civilization would surely crumble.

Listen up, all you "family values" hand-wringers. I am offering an olive branch here, and if you don't take it, I'm going to use it to beat you bloody...

Here it is...

You value your family, and I will value mine, and we'll leave one another the hell alone about things that are not anyone else's damned business.

Comprende?

(h/t skippy for the picture of Burkman. Hop on over there for an overdose of snark!)

Me? Uncivil? Why, Yes. Yes, I am

(If you are easily offended, be prepared to clutch your pearls - this post is rated R)

I’m crushed. Crushed I tell you. I don't know how I can go on...

John Boehner and Joe Lieberman called me *uncivil.* They said I personally have lowered the level of political discourse in this country and I should be ashamed.

Those WATB losers schlepped off to a conference sponsored by those mendacious fucks at the American Enterprise Institute today to bemoan the lowered discourse and incivility in American politics these days.

Much hand-wringing and wailing and beating of breast and gnashing of teeth ensued.

All of us dirty hippie liberal bloggers, you see, have poured vinegar in the sweet, sweet milk of American political discourse.

Give me a fucking break. They are the ones who poisoned the well and salted the fields and now they are getting their comeuppance. Turns out, we kinda got our panties in a twist over having our patriotism questioned and being told to get out of a country that a hell of a lot of us suited up to serve if we were going to have the audacity to put the Constitution ahead of the aims of The Party.

They have obviously and conveniently forgotten some of their own gems:

"We're going to fund only those programs we want to fund. We're in charge. We don't have to negotiate with the Senate. We don't have to negotiate with the Democrats." --Tom Delay, speaking about a budget showdown.

(Lamont’s primary victory) “will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England.” Joe Lieberman, on losing the primary

"People who oppose escalation are taking the “bait” of “al Qaeda and terrorist sympathizers” by using Iraq to 'divide us here at home.' " John Boehner, on those who opposed the escalation if troops into Iraq.

"She isn't young enough or pretty enough to be the President's wife." - Newt Gingrich, talking about his first wife.

My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building. –Ann Coulter

Real fuckin’ civil lot, ain’t they? There are hundreds more, but I am laughing too hard at their hypocrisy to fetch them right now...Seriously...my sides hurt and I peed a little.

Let them stew in their own acidic juices.

This whole thing truly gives me joy like I haven’t known since that eight years of peace and prosperity known as the Clinton Era.

John, Joe, just let me close with this: Do fuck off and die now, won’t you both? And hurry the fuck up about it.