Too soon for this evil Dick.

Cheney is on with John King this morning. My love affair with John King is over. Every time he'd plug his show, I'd ask myself whether I could subject myself to this aging, smirking, failure of a former VP who tried and mostly succeeded in advancing the ultra right-wing agenda.

I got in a little late, but pretty much get the whole gist of the dick's message of depeption.

On Iraq: We did pretty much what we set out to do. (What? Help your contractor friends bilk taxpayers out of billions)

On Iran: "you've got to find ways to avoid Iran having nuclear" weapons. (More pro-war propaganda. This worked remarkably in Iraq, apparently)

On Obama's pick for dealing with North Korea: Obama is going to listen to whomever he wants (i.e. not Cheney). Cheney wouldn't have picked him. (Your puppet called N. Korea part of an "axis of evil." Face it Dick, diplomacy ain't your thing)

On not being able to capture Osama bin Laden: We were able to capture the number 3. (FAIL)

On Obama's rejection of torture: Those programs were essential to making USA safe. The interrogation practices were legal. Obama's programs are making America less safe. (I've almost forgotten what it was like under this a-hole. It's fucking TORTURE!)

On torture: "Enhanced interrogation" helped us gather intelligence. (No euphemism will change the fact that it is torture and that it neither helps America nor is better at gathering intelligence than having "intelligence" in the field)

On the closure of Guantanamo: Obama is losing focus on preventing further attacks. (Just like you are trying to distract us from the fact that it is an off-shore detention facility that exists solely to avoid affording prisoners of war constitutional protections)

On Scooter Libby: Scooter Libby was unjustly prosecuted. (Scooter Libby got away with treason)

(The dick's writing a book. My guess for title: Spreading Evil in 8 Easy Years.

On Rush Limbaugh: "Rush is a good friend. I love him." (I have NO comment on this bromance)

On future plans: No immediate plans to run for office; none to retire.

This man is living on borrowed time after 3 (?) heart attacks. Just call it a day, dick. Wev'e got a lot of cleaning up to do.

Fred Phelps used to make me angry...

...now I just laugh and laugh and laugh. His moribund brand of hatred doesn't worry me any longer. Seeing these kids' counterprotest makes me so damn proud.

You gotta check out the photo gallery!
http://www.kansascity.com/703/story/1019356.html

Rush Limbaugh is Butthurt.

I first read this article on CNN where it quotes Limbaugh as saying "I hope Obama fails."

I hate to link to it, but whatever...
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011609/content/01125113.guest.html

My first out-loud reaction was: "why on EARTH does anybody quote this coked-up dope-fiend?"
But of COURSE they ran it. Does this mean that Limbaugh is relevant again? My simple answer is "no," because I would love to believe that he and his ultra-conservative ilk have been marginalized by the majority of this country. At first I raved about how he could possibly want our new president to fail during a time of such uncertainty! Then I asked myself whether this is really worth blogging about, and whether I would be just as guilty as the MSM for repeating this silly fucker's words. I concluded that I should; not because his words are going to shake the world (have they ever?), but because it exemplifies the counter-reaction to the apparent leftward shift that our country is making.

Nobody can overstate the symbolic power of this presidential election, and how it has reflected the optimism for social progress. However, we progressives should always sleep with one eye open lest these bozos quietly work up their base while we revel in the victory of the moment. Let's not forget how prop 8 went here in California, and how gay rights has again re-emerged as the rallying cry in their ludicrous "culture wars."

Anyway, because I cannot help myself I'll just say that I hope Rush falls off his oxycontin wagon again. From saying that Michael J. Fox is "faking" Parkinson's to playing that "Barack the Magic Negro" song, this guy really should just start free-basing.