Slow News Day

I guess I should appologize for not updating as often... this time, I just haven't had much to work with. Lunatics seem to have quieted down quite a bit, and there just hasn't been enough batshit ranting on the opinions pages. This is probably a good sign, but makes my job here that much harder.

I will take a moment to comment on the confirmation hearings today, because one of the more heavily-run clips really epitomized what this current batch of Republicans stands for that pisses the hell out of me. The clip is available here as of this writing.

Basically, Ted Kennedy called for the subpoena of records dealing with a conservative Princeton alumni group Alito belonged to. Arlen Specter's reaction is key. He flubs and says that he got a letter, then thinks better of it and switches the topic to Kennedy's never having mentioned it to him in person. Kennedy responds that Specter got a letter from Kennedy weeks prior, and Specter pretends to be highly offended, asking how Kennedy would know what he received, and starting an argument of semantics about the difference between knowing that one sent a letter and knowing that the intended recipient actually did receive the letter, and of course denying that he ever received the letter. This, of course, after completely flubbing and mentioning the letter before Kennedy did.

Arlen Specter sat there and lied. Just bold-faced, shamelessly lied. It's completely obvious what happened. Arlen Specter mentioned the letter before Ted Kennedy did, and then, when pressed about the letter, said he never received it. Any six year old could tell you he was full of shit. Then he got self-righteous about the matter... he wasn't content to just lie, but he had to attack Kennedy for even insinuating that he received a letter that he OBVIOUSLY RECEIVED.

This batch of Republicans aren't just liars. They're snot-nosed, crybaby liars. They lie to the American people, then pretend they're the victims when anyone points out the lies. Where does this trend come from?

Hmmmm....

But [Bush] termed irresponsible the "partisan critics who claim that we acted in Iraq because of oil or because of Israel or because we misled the American people," as well as "defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right." With that description, Bush lumped the many Democrats who have accused him of twisting prewar intelligence with the few people, mostly outside the mainstream, who have raised the issues of oil and Israel.

Of course, since so few Americans seem to care that the government is infested with parasites, they get away with it. Will Arlen Specter be called on his lying? Of course not.