Hot topics on talk radio

While I was out driving around this afternoon, I decided to listen to a few minutes of Sean Hannity's rightwing gabfest on AM radio... just for old times' sake, you understand. For the ten minutes or so I was tuned in, the hot topic under discussion was Michele Bachmann and the terrible way she's being treated by the liberal mainstream media. Bachmann is a lot like that other broad, Sarah somebody, and tries to jazz up her speeches with references to history not as it was, but as she wishes it had been.

Like the other broad, Bachmann can't just smile sheepishly and admit she misspoke -- she makes herself look even dumber by jumping through all kinds of hoops to prove she was right the first time, and everybody else, including prominent historians, is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

God save us all if this bimbo ever wins any election other than the one for her cheesy little seat in the House.

Super idea

I was skimming through reader comments at the USA Today website and came across this one:

"I expect Congresswoman Bachmann to eventually run as an independent Tea Party candidate for 2012."

The more I think about this possibility, the more appealing it becomes. It would give me actual data on the size and influence of the Tea-dium Party, and it would siphon off votes that would otherwise go to the GOP nominee.  

Cheapskates and chickenhawks

An article from the AP reveals that when it comes to religion, Rick Perry is all talk and very little action. In that regard, he's like a lot of right-wingers who make a big production out of their supposed devout Christianity. It's pretty sad when a poor sinner like me donates more to the church than a millionaire like Perry does. He reminds me of the chickenhawks in the Republican party who wrap themselves in the flag, pontificate about their patriotism, and look for wars for other people to fight. Frankly, if Perry wasn't pretending to be a big-deal Christian, I wouldn't give a shit about the chump change he slips into the collection plate on Sunday.

Mormon Mitt

Mittens tells CNN that if he's elected next year, his faith will not guide his presidency. Is it possible there's a Republican who understands separation of church and state, or is this just more of Mitt's pandering to evangelunical voters ? To put it another way, would he be saying the same thing if he was a Southern Baptist instead of a Mormon ?

Von Ryan's Express ?

According to The New Republic, there are indications that Rep. Paul Ryan may be planning to squeeze into the circus parade with hopes of landing the GOP nomination. Ryan's budget proposals have already become the official Republican policy doctrine, and as TNR points out that should make him the official leader of the party. If Ryan and Bachmann both join the quest for the White House, there will be two current members of the House of Representatives seeking the office.

I've already reached the conclusion that gerrymandered House districts enable a lot of freaks, rubes and dipshits to serve as U.S. Representatives. The number of votes required to win a House seat just isn't that great and unfortunately, House members like Bachmann delude themselves into believing their winning majority in the home district is equivalent to majority support in the nation as a whole.

Anyway, I can't recall the last time a House member was a viable presidential candidate. Recent history indicates it's hard enough for a senator to win the presidency, and like governors, senators have at least won statewide elections. Off the top of my head, it seems like Gerald Ford was the last House member to become president, and he only made it through a sequence of circumstances unlikely to occur again anytime soon. Senator Obama beat Senator McCain, but might not have beaten former governor Romney.

Eventually a Republican will emerge from the party clusterfuck, and conservatives will congregate around him (or her, as the case may be). The best thing is that whoever moves to the front of the line will push the other dozen or so assholes to the back of the line.