Remember this guy?

ANOTHER Republican (of course) Congressman has been indicted. Today's winner is Rick Renzi of Arizona.

Renzi is also tied to John McCain, but you'd have a hard time finding that out from the mainstream that fawns all over McCain -- several outlets quote McCain's reaction to Renzi's alleged crimes, but fail to note that Renzi has a role in McCain's presidential campaign.

In addition, if you want to know the real story of the Bush regime's US Attorney purge and manipulation of the Department of Justice, all you have to do is look into how Democrat Don Siegelman was convicted of bogus charges, while Republican renzi's charges have been bottled up for YEARS.

But my favorite Rick Renzi story is this one -- the time he made out with House colleague, Republican election fixer and all around crazy woman Katherine Harris on the floor of the House while the C Span cameras were rolling.

Do any of these Republicans practice what they preach, or, like Renzi, do they all say one thing and do another?

How's this for Obama's unity and hope?

Michelle Obama, on Good Morning America (rough transcript):

GMA: Could you see yourself working to support Hillary Clinton should she win the nomination?

MICHELLE OBAMA: I'd have to think about that. I'd have to think about that, her policies, her approach, her tone.

GMA: That's not a given?

MICHELLE OBAMA: You know, everyone in this party is going to work hard for whoever the nominee is. I think that we're all working for the same thing. And, you know, I think our goal is to make sure that the person in the White House is going to take this country in a different direction. I happen to believe that Barack is the only person who can really do that.

And it's clear that Michelle Obama and her husband are working from the same game plan:

"I'm confident that I will get her votes votes if I’m the nominee, it’s not clear that she would get the votes I got if she were the nominee.” - Barack Obama

I've said repeatedly that Democrats should stop the circular firing squad and quit providing the Republicans talking points to use against our nominee, whether it's Clinton or Obama. I've heard lots of Obama supporters, and now Senator and Mrs. Obama, indicate that they might not or will not support Hillary Clinton if she wins the nomination. I haven't heard Clinton or any Clinton supporters say that about Obama.

How's that Obama message of hope and unity and changing politics and looking towards the future looking now? I'll support Obama if he's the nominee, on the grounds that any Democrat is better than any Republican. Clearly, though, Obama doesn't think of loyalty in the same terms that I do.

If you're wondering why I used the Dewey for President button, it goes back to the 1948 campaign for president, when Harry Truman said that Thomas Dewey refused to take concrete positions on substantive issues, instead preferring to sell "a special brand of soothing syrup -- I call it unity." I could just as easily have gone with Bush in 2000, with his phony "uniter, not a divider" line.

The Hillary Haters

Recently I've pointed out that when it comes to detractors of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Clintons can NEVER be right about ANYTHING. This is especially true for Hillary. She's always be too liberal or too conservative, too establishment or too anti-establishment, too experienced or not experienced enough, too aggressive or not aggressive enough, too cold or trying too hard to be warm. In addition, Hillary Clinton's detractors and the mainstream media, which is clearly rooting for Barack Obama to beat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, have no problem making things up and ascribing to her words she did not say and motives she has not displayed.

Well, Stanley Fish has done a great job in this column describing the Hillary haters and how irrational they really are.

There are plenty of reasons to decide against supporting Hillary Clinton, if you want. But smears, innuendo, lies and irrational fear ought not to be part of the equation.