This past week was a doozy, during which I very much enjoyed attending the Take Back America conference, and for my troubles being called everything from "dangerous to our Democracy" to "Mao's secret little helper" by Republicans who think secret camps, illegal wiretaps and hush-hushing IMs from the Republican Michael Jackson are apparently equivalent to writing the Federalist Papers.
Not to mention sad-sack, power-leaking mainstream media journo-monkeys who just hate the netroots because, like, we actually base our opinions and reporting on wacky things like facts. We're as bad as the Bush Administration, splattered Joe Klein.
I provided my usual cautious response to Little Man Hate on Sam Seder's show this past Sunday.
Yet, without further ado, I will get to the didactic nature of my weekly encounters with the GOP:
1) Byron York, as many of you may be aware, is a writer of pathetically stupid books like The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, which is neither vast, nor often left-wing and only beginning to resemble an inkling of a conspiracy. But he had to try and sell books somehow, assuming autographed pictures of his circa 80s, Don Johnson 'do don't bring in the big bucks.
In any case, he was at Take Back America, and repeated the lie that people there booed the troops during Senator Hillary Clinton's speech. But hey, he's a Republican, and they lie like he uses LA Looks on his dreamy locks. So I guess it is to be expected.
2) Rudy, Rudy, Rudy. Losing that tough-on-crime cred quickly, are we? First there was Capo Kerik on his payroll. One would have thought that would be bad enough. But I guess Kerik got lonely being the only Attica-bound member of Rudy's crew. So Rudy made sure to add the Scarface of South Carolina, and as he is a Republican, a possible pedophile for good measure.
Who knew that a man could make marrying his cousin look like one of his classier acts?
3) President Bush at 26%?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Nice legacy, Decider. You think Gordo Liddy would still think your "manhood" was leaping forth in that flight suit as he did way back when? My guess is there is some shrinkage going on. But hey, you're still three points above Nixon when he was leaving office with roughly the same approval rating as Idi Amin. So dare to dream Sergeant Shultz, dare to dream.
4) Finally, there's Ralph Nader. Not a Republican you say? Yeah, whatever. Ralphie is missing the press attention again, so apparently he is thinking about running again. Sure Ralph, you've not done enough damage to this country and tarnished your legacy completely. It sure would have sucked having a President Gore in office the past 6.5 years. (I'm suspecting 27 million Iraqis aren't loving Mr. Nader much nowadays either.)
Isn't there a reality show you could go on, maybe with fellow chump Bloomberg, and every other "Independent" who is supported by GOP money? Or a car with a bad transmission in Zambia you can go see about? Or a wax museum somewhere with an opening? Or another country where you can help elect a despot who will systematically trash everything you claim to have once believed in? I hear Russia is thinking about new elections - communism, what's old is new again, Ralphie!
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