The John McCain Curse on America

It seems like every time I turn around, this hole is getting newspaper coverage. And if it isn't Sam the Plumber, it's this bimbo.

On separate planets in terms of gender and physical appearance, the skinhead and wondermom do have two things in common. First, they are both ignorant as hell and when they start running their mouths about political issues, everyone laughs at them except other people who are even more ignorant.

Second, they're both publicity hounds. A year ago, no one knew who the hell they were or cared. Then, thanks to Ace McCain, they started getting press coverage. Now Sam and Sarah are like two junkies, hooked on attention and never able to get enough. It says a lot about the news media that they're always available whenever Sam and Sarah start banging pots.

The country will be better off if these two ever learn to STFU.

Billy's pissed

To paraphrase an old television ad, a day without Palin is like a day without sunshine. The Vanity Fair article about Wondermom has created an internet sensation, and I've bookmarked it to be read later, when I can concentrate on each vivid detail. The slime-sucker who was instrumental in pushing this bimbo into the national spotlight is furious that the object of his obsession is being trashed (again). All that stuff about financial bailouts, Supreme Court nominations, Iranian elections, and national health care is really pretty boring compared to the latest Wondermom sighting.

Just beautiful

I came across this tidbit while checking some of the essential blogs tonight. At some point, the notion that people who are virulently right-wing should have their firearms confiscated begins to make sense to me.

The governor of South Carolina (or South Caroliney, as they say in Texas) is a dude named Mark Sanford, and I've read that he's one of the brighter stars in the stormy skies over Republicanville, maybe even a presidential candidate in a few years. Now the news is breaking that, like so many other prominent politicians, he's been getting his flagpole polished on the side. With luck, that'll be the end of his big plans for the future. I'll be the first to admit there are some scumbags among the Democrats, with John Edwards being the name immediately coming to mind, but I really love it when Republicans get caught with their pants around their ankles (literally or figuratively). Especially the ones who are always hugging their bibles and whining about the decline of family values and the sacred institution of marriage.

Added 12:06 pm, Thursday 25 July: The Mark Sanford scandal has blitzed the internet since last night, and as is usual when a Republican gets caught with his zipper down, other rightwingers drag out their comparisons to Bill Clinton and Monica. This is supposed to shut up the Democrats, but it never does because for all his weaknesses, Clinton never looked like a goddamned hypocrite, preaching one thing and doing another. Clinton never pretended to be anything other than a horny bastard -- even when he denied fucking around, he never pretended it was beneath him, only that he hadn't done it lately. When his dalliance with Monica hit the headlines, many of us sighed and said, "That's just Bill Clinton being who he is."

Aggie Jokes

Sometimes it seems like Texas A&M is bound and determined to be a small-time operation. When political hacks like Rick Perry and Mike McKinney start fooling around with things, the end results are sure to be trouble and that seems to be where things are headed.

And then there's this little item. Here's my current thinking: Governor Kay Bay might not be a stroll in the park, but by God, she'd be a major improvement over Ricardo.

Added 6:04 pm Sunday, June 14th: So help me, if it turns out this resignation is in any way a consequence of shady, behind-the-scenes intrigue by Ricardo and his lapdog, Mike McKinney, I'm throwing up my hands and writing TAMU off as a lost cause.

Seeing red

The 2008 presidential election reduced the number of red states, but there are still too many and Texas is one of the reddest. There are signs that may be changing, but for now Republicans still control every statewide office worth mentioning. Basically, whoever wins the Republican nomination is a lock to win the office in November and to win primaries, people like Rick Perry spend most of their time sucking up to dipshits who think W was a great American president.

The legislative session wrapped up, and the prevailing attitude seems to be that nothing significant was accomplished and no major damage was done. The amount of time wasted in the pissing contest over voter ID requirements may have been a factor. It's amazing that during all those years when Republicans were coasting to victory, the possibility of voting fraud was never given a second thought; it suddenly became a problem when GOP candidates started having a hard time winning, or even losing close races. Conservative yahoos faced the possibility a majority of their fellow citizens were fed up with their bullshit, and rather than accept reality, decided to blame their losses on illegal voting by wetbacks.

Anyway, the voter ID bill was popular with Ricardo's constituents, the deadenders who vote in GOP primaries, so there's always a chance it'll be back in a special session.

Sotomayor

Did anyone think that Republicans would welcome her with open arms ?

It doesn't matter who Obama nominated to replace Souter on the USSC: Conservatives would be circulating a list of ten reasons why that person was unacceptable within an hour of the announcement. In fairness, Obama's record in making high-profile nominations hasn't been as sterling as it could've been, and I hope Sotomayor doesn't have any embarrassing unpaid tax issues lurking in the background. At any rate, the Senate Repubs will drag her through a knothole and if she survives that, she should be an adequate associate justice.