Congresscritters As Movie Props

As we noted yesterday, right-wing Congresscritter Dana Rohrabacher (John Birch Society-CA) led a junket delegation mostly made up of fellow loons to "investigate" Chechnyan terrorist activity as it related to the Boston Marathon bombing.  The star of the show, however, was widow's peak toupee-wearing has-been Steven Seagal.  Rohrabacher was effusive in his praise of Seagal's instrumental role in arranging the wingnuts' visit outside the auspices of the U.S. State Department*:

"The congressman repeatedly thanked Seagal, who took credit for arranging the congressmen's meeting at the FSB, and said it helped avoid the experience of past foreign trips when all of the meetings had been arranged by the U.S. Embassy. 

'You know what we got?  We got the State Department controlling all the information that we heard,' Rohrabacher said.  'You think that's good for democracy?  No way!'"

Way, sh*t for brains!  Acting as a shill for Vlad The Putin and his weapons industry is what's not "good for democracy."  Your own State Department isn't the enemy, jackass.  Here's the reason you, the wing nut contingent and the bloated Seagal were given access:  the gone-to-seed Seagal's pull is due to his growing connections with Russian authoritarians and the Russian arms company Degtarev, which Seagal may soon represent in an international marketing campaign.  Sounds like an interesting premise for Seagal's next kung phooey film.  Maybe Rohrabacher & Co. can play the corrupt politicians.

(*h/t to friend and reader P.E.C.)