Political Rant: Crazy Republicans Continue Blowing Smoke, Taking the Low Road

Hello Bloggers - It's Tuesday afternoon and the lead interview on Hardball with Chris Matthews included Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) and once again a McCain surrogate is calling out Senator Obama for his brief association with Bill Ayers back in the early 90s. Won't they ever move on? Perhaps we should have picked Hillary just to give the irritating bastards more material to use.

Let's go through it again people.

1) He was acquitted of legal indictments 20 years BEFORE he met Barack Obama after turning himself in, and nobody got hurt; 2) he was a respected professor and community volunteer at the time; 3) he was a leading charitable figure appreciated by elected officials from both parties at the time; and, 4) he was asked to participate on a school reform board along with Barack Obama run by Reagan Republicans - Walter Annenberg, friend of Ronald Reagan and John McCain at the time.

Despite all this, they STILL KEEP TALKING! What is their freakin' problem? It's not working people! It's annoying! Just watch, the media is getting tired of it too. I wish they would all just SHUT THE HELL UP! I got that from Keith Olbermann. Thanks Keith!

Later in the show Chris Matthews played a quote by Sarah Palin claiming that she was excited about her potential new job because she gets to support the President and that the "VP runs the Senate." What? Is she STUPID? Didn't she ever read the job description? The US Constitution?

I'll tell you something, you Republicans are looking pretty bad right now. Governor Palin, your VP nominee, is looking especially bad. The VP does NOT run the Senate. The VP serves only to take over the job as President and to break ties in the Senate. I don't care what the war criminal Dick Cheney told you. Would you people READ SOMETHING for a change! Her CNN interview today was even worse. I recommend checking it out for a good laugh.

A new Pew Research Poll shows Obama increasing his lead 53% - 38%, and a new NBC/WSJ poll shows Barack's first double-digit lead of 10 points - 52% - 42%. Let's hope it keeps going up! If we do win, I'll say to you Republicans who keep pulling the McCain crap wagon, we will remember who you are. What goes around, comes around.

Tuesday's Political Rant #2 - Michael

Political Rant: McCarthyist Republican Campaign Tactics Point to the Darkside

Good Morning Bloggers - I don't know if you guys noticed yesterday, but the Republican talking points moved from simply crazy to "serial killer-kind-of-crazy" in my opinion.

I caught Bay Buchanan on CNN and Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) on MSNBC's Hardball yesterday and both were spewing the worst paranoid politics I've heard in a long time - if ever. They seemed to take their cues from Senator Joe McCarthy, but instead of calling out communists they were calling out the millions of "anti-Americans" and "socialists" supporting Barack Obama.

Wow! I guess I'm an "anti-American socialist" now because I support Barack. Incredible! I don't think that describes me at all. I think they're just NUTS! The interviewers looked just as shocked, and intelligently each seemed to be offering them plenty of rope, if you know what I mean.

It was an incredible news day. Chris Matthews tried to get Bachmann to name who the "anti-Americans" were, but she only responded with vague comments about how they exist everywhere, including Congress. She was actually calling on the FBI and the press to expose them. My mouth was wide open by that stage of the interview. I was stunned! The only good news is that Bachmann's opponent in the Minnesota race received over $30K in contributions within hours of the Hardball broadcast.

So, they've gone from Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright to cast suspicions on everybody who doesn't support their candidates or their issues. She kept saying "are they pro-America or anti-America?" It was surreal to say the least.

I realize they've questioned our patriotism in the past, but never in such a desperate, campaign-coordinated, tactical manner. They are actually now taking a campaign-supported position that anybody who doesn't vote their way is anti-American, or a socialist. It's a bold move. It's an outrageous move. It's a crazy, ####ed-up move.

My God, what is happening to the Republicans? How low will they go? Do they really want to win at all costs? Do they really believe the ends justify the means? I think the answer is a resounding yes, but feel free to give your opinion. That's what a blog is all about.

In my opinion they have no dignity left. They've dredged the depths of the swamp and released their noxious gases. I do wonder if they have worse, and how low will they go before it's all over?

It's kind of interesting to watch, in the same way you watch a horrible crash or an unfolding disaster. It's a morbid curiosity. Oh well, no matter what, they are now befouled by their own wretched stench. They are no longer even remotely respectable.

I wonder who the Sith Lord is these days? John McCain? Karl Rove? George Bush? Dick Cheney? Whoever it is, there's no doubt in my mind now, they've all joined the darkside. There's not much good left in them. We can only hope that Obama wins and they finally choke on their own, putrid bile.

Okay, I feel better. Republicans, it's your turn.

Saturday's Political Rant #1 - Michael