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Upper crusty Lady Shelley Sawers has some dazzling news to share on her Facebook page! You see, she's the wife of Sir John Sawers, soon-to-be (?) head of MI6 - Britain's CIA. Seems Lady Shelley spilled the kidney pie about their address, family photos, etc. Bloody bad show, that! Doesn't say much for British intelligence - at least as far as Lady Shelley's is concerned.

Joe (Not His Name) the Plumber (Not A Plumber) Should Follow His Own Advice

Speaking to fellow wingnut teabaggers in Houston on Saturday, Samuel Wurzelbacher wants to close our borders and "get (the undocumented immigrants) the hell out of our damn country. . ." We would go further in the case of Wurzelbacher himself. Since we're certain that "Wurzelbacher" isn't a Native American name, let's make sure that this immigrant "plumber" is at the head of the line out of the U.S. And by the way, it's interesting that he referred to our country as "our damn country." Wingnut patriotism on display for everyone to see.

Ass of the Week

Yes, we have another racist Rethug "Ass of the Week" to give you. This dubious distinction is given to Rethugs who expose themselves as common racist thugs. It's a career in itself, in other words.

Courtesy of The Daily Beast, this week's winner (so far!) is Audra Shay, lead candidate for "Young" Republicans (Shay's 38, which does qualify her as young in the Rethug base demographic). Shay, whose candidacy is supported by her homestate's Gov. Bobby "Kenneth" Jindal, commented favorably on a Facebook "friend's" remark about the "...need to take this country back from all these mad coons and illegals." When a few other "friends" commented negatively about the racist remark, Shay de-friended them, not the racist who made the "coon" comment! Good ol' Rethug values, y'all!

(Photo: "Young" - heh heh - Rethug Audra Shay)

Quote of the Week - Hypocrisy Division

"You can. Just go work for the federal government." -- Iowa Rethug Sen. Charles "My Assley Is" Grassley, responding last Tuesday to a constituent's question about health insurance at a town hall meeting in Waukon, IA. The constituent had asked Assley "...[H]ow come I can't have the same thing you have?" Assley is opposed to a "public option" in health care insurance that, in essence, is what Assley has as a U.S. Senator. It's the old Rethug philosophy of I've got mine, you get yours, with a little extra noblesse thrown in. So, Assley is not just a hypocrite, he's a smug hypocrite.

(Photo: Sen. Grassley, Man of the People)

An Obama 4th

President Obama's July 4 radio address was a great mix of calling our nation to meet the challenges we face, and remembering the values that made us the United States. He took a shot at "naysayers" who "would have us try what has already failed, who would defend the status quo," reminding his listeners that "we did not get here by standing pat in a time of change."

He might have also said that we're not a nation of quitters, but that would have been rubbing salt in the wounds of Gov. Winky's fan base.

Wingnuts React to Winky's Resignation

From top left:
Wee Willie Kristol
Bill O'Liely
The Manatee
Glenn "I Can't Stop Crying" Beck

No photo was available for National Review's Rich Lowry, who was last seen with his copy of "Runner's World" heading for the bathroom with a soft towel.

One Step Ahead of the Law?

In her announcement that she was resigning the governorship of Alaska at the end of July, Winky You Betcha alluded to "political operatives" looking for dirt decending on the state, and that she was the victim of the "politics of personal destruction." The reason for her abrupt departure may be more practical than that:
there are indications of a Federal probe into possible embezzlement and bribery by Winky and husband Todd the Tool. Think Progress has the story, which involves a building supply company that provided the materials for and built Winky's house in Wasilla, and which later received a $13 million contract from Winky when she was mayor of Wasilla to construct a hockey arena. Sounds sweet.

Stay tuned. It all looks rather sketchy for Winky to pull the plug on her political career so suddenly, doesn't it?

Snowbilly Winky Resigning

Snowbilly Gov. Sarah "Winky You Betcha" Palin announced today that she's resigning as Alaska governor, effective at the end of July. Only Todd and God know what Winky's up to, but decreasing her wafer-thin resume by resigning mid-term doesn't bode well for a possible run in 2012.

At least she won't be a lame duck, or a sitting duck, anymore!

(h/t to Germantown correspondent Brian for waking us up to give us the news)

Happy Fourth of July!

Here's hoping you have a safe and happy Fourth of July! Oh yes, and one that's as teabag-free as possible!

Lessons in Journalistic Integrity from the WaPo

We're leaving it to Wonkette today to give us the latest evidence, in two parts, that the Washington Post is an ethics-free zone.

Exhibit A: Howie "Get That Job?" Kurtz' expose on black female journalists covering Michelle Obama. Question to Howie: Does your marriage to Republican consultant Sherri Annis disqualify you from writing pieces like this or anything else about the media and politics?

Exhibit B: Via the acorn-averse squirrels at Politico, Wonkette has this take on the WaPo's side business of selling "access" to deep-pocketed CEOs. You heard right. So, the next time you see an editorial from the likes of Fred "Buy It" Hiatt about the influence peddlers in Washington, just remember that his outfit is right there in the scrum with the scum.

(Photo: Post ombudsman "Clouseau" Alexander looking for evidence of journalistic integrity at the WaPo)

The Legacy Continues To Unravel

Glenn Kessler reports in the WaPo (no link) that FBI interviews learned that, before he was hanged, Saddam Hussein said that he wanted the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction as a deterrence to arch-enemy Iran. Ironically, the main beneficiary of Preznit Chimpy's invasion of Iraq happened to be Iran, allowing it to become an unchallenged force in the region, and alarming the Saudis and Jordanians, among other Arab countries.

Hussein also denounced Osama bin Laden as a "zealot" and said his government had no connections with al Qaeda. That rings true, since Hussein's Baathist Party has long been seen by radical theocratic Muslims -- such as al Qaeda -- as a corrupt secular obstacle to establishing an Islamic caliphate.

Meanwhile, Tuesday marked the withdrawal of U.S. troops from urban areas in Iraq. The Iraqi government, now friendly to Iran, designated the day as "National Sovereignty Day" as thousands celebrated the pull out in the streets of Baghdad and other cities. It was what Preznit Chimpy and The Dick had promised when we invaded Iraq, but not as we withdrew.

It's A Grand Old Flag

Showing her respect for the flag, Alaska Gov. Winky You Betcha strikes a cheesecake pose in the new issue of Runner's World. To think she could have been a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

We're awaiting the howls of protest from the wingnut media about her disrespect for the Stars and Stripes. . . . < crickets chirping >

(photo by Brian Adams, Runners World)

More Reason to Savor Franken's Victory

Following Al Franken's victory, TPM canvasses the wacky wingnut media empire of Rupert "Arrrgh!" Murdoch, and finds more gaskets blown than from all the Indy 500's since 1947. They just can't understand how someone who ridiculed their heroes (O'Liely, Mannatee, Pills, The Old Fart Himself) could have possibly been elected. Wait... according to Murdoch's WSJ, the election was "stolen." Riiiiigt!

Maybe it's just me, but it's cosmically satisfying that these over-medicated crackpots are having peptic eruptions over this. I can't wait to watch their tiny heads explode when health care reform is law.

Quote of the Day

"I'm sure John McCain would be president today if only Bill Kristol had been in charge of the campaign. After all, his management of Dan Quayle's public image as his chief of staff is still something that takes your breath away." -- former McSame campaign manager Steve Schmidt, responding with a world-class snark to Wee Willie Kristol's charge that Schmidt was behind many of the negative whispers to Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum (see next post). Ouch! Wonder if Wee Willie was wearing a cup for that one.

The Wonderful World of Winky

Todd Purdum has a lengthy, hard-hitting article on Alaska Gov. Winky You Betcha in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, which is reproduced on their website. It's a great read, full of very revealing inside views and opinions by McSame's campaign officials on Winky and her obvious limitations. Some of McSame's advisors were convinced by mid-October that Winky was not prepared for the office of Vice President, let alone prepared to assume the highest office. McSame's choice of her was seen by many of them as reckless and ill-advised, as she petulantly refused to take advice and coaching for her media interviews, and played the prima donna to McSame's disadvantage as her wingnut fans cheered. Purdum writes,

"One longtime McCain friend and frequent companion on the trail was heard to refer to Palin as 'Little Shop of Horrors.'"

Toward the end, when it appeared that Obama's victory was near, Winky was more interested in getting a head start on the next Presidential campaign than in being McSame's running mate. As one Rethuglican political critic in Alaska put it, there's a reason her nickname was "barracuda" in high school.