Just another couple broken hearts...

So Bachman was proclaimed by media consensus to be the star of the republican "debate" the other night.  It was quite a scene - kinda like the cabin in the woods after Snow White left to go home to the castle.  "Wait; what are we doing...?"  But how was it that Bachman attained the lofty heights of brief but brightly shining stardom?  By being fiery and having a lot of energy.  Yeah, well so did Mussolini... Oh, and she "knows how to play the game".  To stand out on that stage and win the praise of the whores and carnival barkers in the media is akin to being the Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire and precipitated the Arab Spring uprising.  Hard not to notice but ultimately the blackened embers get kicked to the curb and the crowd moves on. 

Anyway, enough about that.  Did you catch Jon Stewart laying into the media for their breathless reporting about Sarah Palin's emails?  He had it exactly right - it's no wonder she still walks among us; there are 25 fucking reporters following her everywhere she goes, recording her every confused utterance and semi-coherent comment and posting that shit on page 1. Memo to all the "hard-hitting journalists" out there who are trying to make their career by scooping the other 24 "hard-hitting journalists" sniffing around this woman; she is just a dim-witted dupe created by the republican party to be the mosquito bitten savior of a doomed McCain presidential bid and really, seriously, that's it.  There's nothing else going on in there...sheesh.

I have to also say something about some of these cotton-candy brain democrats who give liberals a bad name…well, liberals deserve it, actually, and the democrats deserve all the scorn they get heaped on them too for the most part.  The only reason I give them any slack is that I don’t think they operate based on pure, naked, blatant self interest, like the republicans do.  They may be misguided about any number of things but you don’t generally find as many bald-faced haters among them and for that they win the “who-sucks-less” competition but not by much.  But it was reported today that a leadership group of congressional democrats are meeting this week at various venues plotting strategy regarding the handling – so to speak – of the problem of Anthony Weiner and his infamous penis.  Fellas, fellas, fellas…please; why are you agonizing over this idiot?  It just reinforces the notion that the democrats are a bunch of indecisive, overly sensitive softies who care more about Tony’s “illness” and “treatment” than winning an election.  Just kick the son of a bitch to the curb and get on with solving some of the country’s problems.  It wasn’t the democratic party who went closet exhibitionist – it was Weiner, a guy with a big schnoze trying to prove that his dick was just as big.  You need to leave him to his elaborate masturbatory fantasies and anonymous 14 year-old girlfriends, tell the world that you want nothing to do with him. Don’t defend him or worry about him at all.  He’s dead to you…

And a final word about Governor Rick Perry of Texas, the swell guy who thinks that a day of prayer in a football stadium is the way to address all of the nation’s problems through a direct up-link to the lord.  It was reported today that a Mexican national on Texas’ death row as a result of what can fairly be described as a questionable conviction, is calling on the World Court to intercede on his behalf.  By treaty, foreign nationals convicted in countries who have signed the treaty are entitled to consular assistance in the form of attorneys or other legal aid and 51 Mexican nationals were not advised of the availability of this assistance before they were tried and convicted and parked on death row.  Now the World Court has called upon the US – as a signatory to the treaty – to honor its responsibility and, at a minimum, delay the executions while the issues are adjudicated.  Now Governor Rick – who clearly believes he has god’s ear in matters of importance to him, (like queers and wetbacks and abortionists and such), doesn’t see it as his duty to assist his country in adhering to a legally binding treaty when it comes to a damn Mexican accused of killing and raping a good young Texas girl, even there is some doubt about the evidence and, ultimately, his guilt.  But his spokes-person said in so many words, “We don’t give a shit what the World Court says – they got no jurisdiction in Texas and no sway over Texas’ sovereignty.”  Well no Rick, you’re right; your little corner of the world can legally do pretty much what you want and I know it has to be pretty easy to play the just-a-dirty-illegal-Mexican card down there along the border these days too.  The Supreme Court even sided with you.  But damn, boy, if I were you I’d give up that time share in Mazatlan for the time being because the Mexicans are pretty pissed about it and not likely to forget.  The next time an American is accused - rightly or wrongly - of a serious crime in Mexico, they're apt to go for the Iranian solution - lock them up and throw away the key.  You better hope it's no one in your family.

And I can’t help thinking that this bible you’re so fond of citing might – if you read the right section - lead you to reconsider the righteousness of your position – that of a pseudo-patriotic Christian man oblivious to both any hint of Christian behavior and the right thing to do for his country.  No, you’d rather puff your chest out, jangle your spurs and show everyone how big your dick is – maybe you and Weiner ought to get a room.