March of the Idiots

This week brought us several instances of elected officials and public figures making fools of themselves. I realize that the previous sentence could begin an entry written any week, so I'll have to be more specific.

#1 Steve King
Congressman Steve King, R-Iowa, told a newspaper reporter that electing Obama as president would send a clear message to terrorists that they have won the War on Terror©, citing Obama's middle name (Hussein), his Kenyan heritage, and his willingness to leave Iraq.

"The radical Islamists, the al-Qaida ... would be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they would declare victory in this war on terror," King said Friday.

Well, I guess when we see Al-Qaeda's production of "Thriller", we can't say that nobody warned us.

#2 John Hagee
The following comments were actually made before this week, but they became more widely known this week, when John McCain halfheartedly distanced himself from Hagee. He is a cuckoo televangelist from San Antonio who had announced his support for McCain (since Benny Hinn had to drop out, I guess), ostensibly to secure the evangelical vote, and has a habit of making uncouth remarks about Jews, Catholics, and other untouchables.

I hadn't heard of Hagee before, but it doesn't matter, because he appears to be a clone of my beloved, Pat Robertson. (The only difference is that he is a big tub of lard, unlike slender, strapping Pat.)

Anyway, he stated that the Catholic Church is "the great whore" and "false cult system". McCain's Catholic supporters were not happy with this, so McCain said something about sending his kids to Catholic school, and he didn't think they caught their disease while there, but he couldn't be sure.

Even so, don't you worry if this leads you to believe that McCain is becoming soft on heathens or anything. He complained, "It's becoming harder and harder to do the Lord's work in the city of Satan."

#3 George Bush
You didn't really think he'd make it a whole week without doing something reprehensible, did you? Of course not. President Bush (to which he can be referred for only 318 days more) vetoed a bill banning practices such as waterboarding, beating, electrocuting, or using dogs as "interrogation techniques" on inmates, stripping them of their clothes, and forcing them to perform or mimic sexual acts.

"This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe," he explained.

Amazing that actions that are prosecuted as heinous crimes in a "civilized" society such as ours are unabashedly encouraged by the society's elected Commander-in-Chief.

But you didn't really expect anything different, did you?