Attack of the Mental Midgets

Al Gore gave a marvelous speech on Martin Luther King Day in which he spelled out in no uncertain terms where the Bush Administration is trying to lead the country. That is, into a dictatorship with all power vested in the Executive. Forget checks and balances. Forget three separate but equal branches of government. All power to the President. In an effort to protect the Constitution and the American People Gore suggested we need an Independent Investigator to examine the legal ramifications of where Bush/Cheney are trying to go with this. The response from Republicans:

"Gore is more interested in desperately trying to get attention than he is in focusing on the facts of the law." This from Ken Mehlman, Chairman of the Republican Party. He also added that the President does have this authority.

From a spokeswoman for the Republican Party, Tracey Schmitt: "Al Gore's incessant need to insert himself in the headlines of the day is almost as glaring as his lack of understanding of the threats facing America."

It is virtually impossible for me to understand the complete idiocy that underlies these remarks. Al Gore has spent his entire adult life in the service of his country. He was a Congressman, a Senator, and for eight years the Vice President of the United States. He was, in fact, the legally elected President in 2000. He has no right to insert himself...? Who in the hell is this stupid twit? And what gives her any right whatsoever to denigrate someone as distinguished as Al Gore who, at this point, should be considered a National Treasure. I have noticed over the past few years that the Republican Party has somehow recruited a large number of female supporters and spokespersons with a collective I.Q., if you could total it, of perhaps 40 (that is perhaps too generous). Mehlman, of course, has already distinguished himself as the most mindless partisan of all time. Mehlman and Schmitt together wouldn't constitute a pimple on the ass of someone like Al Gore and they should keep their ridiculous blather to themselves or each other.

Our so-called Attorney General is no better. He has already asserted the President's right to dictatorship even before the legal questions have been examined. A real objective non-partisan view similar to Bush's claim that DeLay is innocent before a trial. These guys are real winners in a race to see who can be the most despicable. Someone said, you get the leaders you deserve. The American people did just that.

On the local scene: Clemont Leroy Otter, otherwise known as "Butch," aspires to be the next governor of Idaho. A divorced father of four, his credentials include a DUI, winning a bar's "tight fitting jeans contest," a $50,000 fine for violating the clean water act, a "chummy" speech to a militia group, and a $15,000 gift from none other than Tom DeLay, whom he has supported unreservably (He has also voted with DeLay 88% of the time). His latest move has been to support the idea of selling off 15% of Idaho land to, get this, pay off the Katrina debt. An absolutely marvelous idea. So good, in fact, that I suggest we sell off all the rest of Idaho to pay for reconstruction in Iraq. What a noble motive! You think it might just have something to do with selling off some choice Idaho land to his rich developer friends? Naw, Butch wouldn't do anything like that. It wouldn't be Cowboy-like.

On the positive side Butch...actually I can't think of any significant positive thing he's ever done for the State of Idaho. If someone knows of one please advise me. I just love politics, don't you?