The wing nuts have been at it again, spouting off that the reason so many Bad Things are happening to the Republican Party, right now, is that there is a massive conspiracy among terrorists, insurgents, the North Koreans, and Congressional Democrats to try and guarantee a Democratic victory in the upcoming midterms. This theory couldn't be any stupider, although the Dumb People are out there in droves, so we'll see if this shit doesn't stick.
The fact of the matter is, of course, that bad things are happening to the Republicans, but not at a rate any higher than they usually happen. Rep. Foley had a major scandal break out just before the election - well, the Republicans, expecially in the House, have been facing scandal after scandal pretty much since they've been in office (do the names Tom Delay, Jack Abramhoff, and Bob Ney ring a bell? To name only a very few...). This is the most corrupt bunch of motherfuckers in the history of the legislature. The fact that a scandal has broken out right now, just before the election, has nothing to do with anything. That's like me seeing Albert Pujols hitting a home run in the World Series and saying, "well, obviously he corked his bat for that at-bat."
On the foreign policy front, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran have all been most uncooperative lately, and if you listen to right-wing blowhards - and not only the worthless toolbags like Rush and O'Reilly, but also people inside the Administration - this is all because these people are trying to influence our elections. That's right, our midterm elections. We're supposed to believe that Kim Jong Il wants Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House so badly that he halted the testing of his country's nuclear weapons until just now. I guess the theory is, Kim Jong Il has a crush on Nancy Pelosi, and wants to see more of her on CSPAN. Now, I can see how someone his age might fall in love with Pelosi, who is fairly attractive and intelligent, but I think his nuclear weapons program would take precedence. As for Iraq - one of the liberal blogs, I think it was DK, had a post about the phrases, "period of escalated violence", "recent surge in violence" and "Iraq"; basically they googled those and what they came up with was that some reporter or news agency had used one or both of those phrases to describe virtually every single day since the Iraq war started. In other words, there are no "periods" of escalation - the violence has been escalating, constantly, ever since the damn war started. So the fact that things have gotten worse is no indication that the terrorists, or the insurgents, or the rebels, or whatever you want to call them also have a crush on Nancy Pelosi (they wouldn't like her - far too uppity a woman for their taste), but rather it is just an indication that the violence in Iraq is escalating EVERY DAY (random musing: why aren't escalators that go down called "de-escalators"? I'm gonna get that started).
The fact that Republicans are echoing this shit all over the place only confirms how much deep shit they are in. They know that a world-class beating is in store for them, and they're pulling out all stops.
Well, best of luck, guys!
The fact of the matter is, of course, that bad things are happening to the Republicans, but not at a rate any higher than they usually happen. Rep. Foley had a major scandal break out just before the election - well, the Republicans, expecially in the House, have been facing scandal after scandal pretty much since they've been in office (do the names Tom Delay, Jack Abramhoff, and Bob Ney ring a bell? To name only a very few...). This is the most corrupt bunch of motherfuckers in the history of the legislature. The fact that a scandal has broken out right now, just before the election, has nothing to do with anything. That's like me seeing Albert Pujols hitting a home run in the World Series and saying, "well, obviously he corked his bat for that at-bat."
On the foreign policy front, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran have all been most uncooperative lately, and if you listen to right-wing blowhards - and not only the worthless toolbags like Rush and O'Reilly, but also people inside the Administration - this is all because these people are trying to influence our elections. That's right, our midterm elections. We're supposed to believe that Kim Jong Il wants Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House so badly that he halted the testing of his country's nuclear weapons until just now. I guess the theory is, Kim Jong Il has a crush on Nancy Pelosi, and wants to see more of her on CSPAN. Now, I can see how someone his age might fall in love with Pelosi, who is fairly attractive and intelligent, but I think his nuclear weapons program would take precedence. As for Iraq - one of the liberal blogs, I think it was DK, had a post about the phrases, "period of escalated violence", "recent surge in violence" and "Iraq"; basically they googled those and what they came up with was that some reporter or news agency had used one or both of those phrases to describe virtually every single day since the Iraq war started. In other words, there are no "periods" of escalation - the violence has been escalating, constantly, ever since the damn war started. So the fact that things have gotten worse is no indication that the terrorists, or the insurgents, or the rebels, or whatever you want to call them also have a crush on Nancy Pelosi (they wouldn't like her - far too uppity a woman for their taste), but rather it is just an indication that the violence in Iraq is escalating EVERY DAY (random musing: why aren't escalators that go down called "de-escalators"? I'm gonna get that started).
The fact that Republicans are echoing this shit all over the place only confirms how much deep shit they are in. They know that a world-class beating is in store for them, and they're pulling out all stops.
Well, best of luck, guys!
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