Senator Craig is a hypocrite

Larry Craig, lying, repressed Republican:

Closet homosexual in fake marriage. Check

Plays the victim after taking positions depriving Americans of their civil rights. Check

Attacks the media for liberal bias. Check

Mentions God in non-apology apology. Check

The photo, by the way, is Craig's mug shot from his arrest. Note the American flag lapel pin. I told you he was a hypocrite.

Fuck you, you fucking fuck

President Bush on Monday said he reluctantly accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose "good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons."

After months of standing by his top prosecutor and "close friend," Bush spoke briefly in Texas to praise Gonzales, saying the attorney general endured "unfair treatment that has created harmful distraction at the Justice Department."

Bush said it's "sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person" is impeded "from doing important work."

Fuck you, you fucking fuck.

Here's a real talented and honorable person whose name was dragged through the mud for political reasons.

Here's another.

And another.

And another.

And another.

You don't know the first about honor, you poltroon.

Ann Coulter is still a stupid douche

On the August 23 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter asserted: "...if you attack the Clintons publicly, make sure all your friends know that you are not planning suicide, that you're not careless when you drive a car."

I'm going to guess that Ann Coulter was referring to the death of Vincent Foster, the only person associated with the Clintons known to have committed suicide.

First, Coulter should have kept in mind that Foster was a SUPPORTER of the Clintons, so suggesting that his suicide is somehow proof that the Clintons will kill their opponents doesn't make any sense.

Second, Foster really did commit suicide -- he wasn't murdered by the Clintons or anyone else.

If you're going to use bullshit stories to make your political opponents sound like they'll murder their enemies, shouldn't they be stories about enemies who've been murdered?

And as a friend of mine pointed out, all the Clinton enemies, such as COULTER, seem to be very much alive. If the Clintons are killing their enemies, shouldn't she have been the first to go?

Ann Coulter is wrong, as always. She's wrong on purpose, as always. That's why Ann Coulter is still a stupid douche.

Oh, yeah, that's a photo of her at the grave of Senator Joe McCarthy. Now there's a guy with dead bodies on him. See here, here, here, and here. Maybe Ann should pick her idols a little more carefully?

Cheney resurrects a lie

Vice President Dick Cheney’s office on Monday responded separately from the White House to a Senate subpoena for documents on warrantless wiretapping and resurrected the controversial contention that Cheney is not part of the executive branch.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) set Monday’s subpoena deadline after granting an extension request by the White House. Presidential counsel Fred Fielding, as expected, told Leahy in a letter that a second delay, until after Labor Day, would help Congress and the administration “expeditiously seek a means of accommodation that will negate the need for an assertion of executive privilege.”

But the response from the vice president was more surprising, because the White House was believed to have abandoned the argument that Cheney is a hybrid entity with both executive and legislative powers.

Cheney’s lawyers first crafted the argument to bolster his lack of compliance with an executive order on the safeguarding of classified information, a tactic that backfired amid Democratic anger and derisive jokes on late-night talk shows. Yet Cheney counsel Shannen Coffin wrote to Leahy on Monday that “the issuance of the subpoena to this office was procedurally irregular” because the judiciary panel only authorized Leahy to issue summonses to the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and the Justice Department.

Maybe Cheney should look at the White House web site, which indicates that the Vice President and his staff maintain offices in the White House and the Eisenhower EXECUTIVE Office Building.

Or maybe Cheney should read the US Constitution, where he'd find the following:

Article. II. - The Executive Branch

Section 1 - The President

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:

Section 4 - Disqualification

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Amendment XII.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President...

I could go on, but you get the point. Cheney's argument is stupid, and flies in the face of more than 200 years of US history. The only reason I can think of for making it is that he's trying to divert attention from more substantive issues concerning the way the Bush administration governs. Senator Leahy would do well to slap Cheney down HARD on this point and get Cheney to stop making it once and for all.

And Romney's balls are even bigger

Photo: Mitt Romney poses with group of military veterans. See blog post below for details.

I thought the guy I wrote about yesterday had the biggest balls ever.

I was wrong.

Mitt Romney topped him.

At an “Ask Mitt Anything” forum this morning in Iowa, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) was asked about why his sons have not served in the military. His response:

My sons are adults. They’ve chosen not to serve in the military in active duty and I respect their decision in that regard. … And one of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping me get elected because they think I’d be a great president.

Are you fucking kidding me? Campaigning for your father is comparable to getting shot at in Iraq and Afghanistan?

As an actual military veteran and someone who served in Iraq, I'm advocating hammering home this quote every day and driving Romney out of the race with his own words.

What a fucking disgrace.

How big do your balls have to be to say this?

W. Thomas Smith, Jr., National Review Online, August 6th, 2007:

...And the majority of the most vocal of the war critics have never even worn the uniform of our country...

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME!?

Which opponents of Bush's Iraq invasion is this smarmy, lying asshole talking about?

Certainly not this one.

This one.

This one.

This one.

This one.

This one.

This one.

Or this one.

I could post for DAYS about the Iraq supporters who've never been in the military. Instead, you can check out the Deck of Republican Chickenhawks here.

W. Thomas Smith, Jr. is a hypocrite and a liar. But he's a conservative, so that goes without saying.

Holding Iraq war supporters accountable

Fred Barnes, writing one Friedman Unit ago:

"...Step six: the collapse. In Southeast Asia, it led to the deaths of more than two million people in Vietnam and Cambodia after the Communist triumph. The members of Congress whose actions prompted the collapse expressed no shame or embarrassment for having betrayed allies. And practically no one held them accountable. Their perfidy was greeted with silence.

In Vietnam, the slide down the slippery slope seemed inevitable. But in Iraq, there's time to halt it. Bush can be expected to hold firm in his pursuit of victory in Iraq. If Petraeus achieves a breakthrough in pacifying Baghdad and then in controlling insurgent-dominated Anbar province, the war opponents must stand down. If they refuse to acknowledge success and cause a repeat of the Vietnam calamity, they should be held accountable. This time, self-inflicted defeat should not be met with silence."

Pacifying Baghdad? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Controlling Anbar? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

So, will Fred Barnes hold himself or his fellow proponents of war in Iraq accountable? I doubt it, but maybe we can check back in another F.U.