Senator Brownback sat with the Topeka Capital-Journal's editorial board on Thursday and proved over and over again that he's one big bowl of crazy. Join me below for some funtastic quotes.
"Praise the troops and the president for hanging in there," said Brownback, a U.S. senator from Kansas seeking the 2008 GOP nomination for president. "Excellent military progress. Zero to no political progress."
Yes, praise the president for hanging in there. Bush has personally sacrificed so much in this war. And excellent military progress? If excellent progress means unwillable quagmire, then yes, we've made excellent progress.
"The key is getting your death loss down. We've got to stop losing our troops."
He's a genius. 'Nuff said.
The next president's top priority will be an international war against Islamic militants, Brownback said.
"We're going to be in a global war with militant Islamists for a generation," he said.
Replace war with crusade and we're right back in the middle ages. Based on his
views, he probably would have enjoyed pre-Renaissance Europe. No pesky wall between church and state to deal with.
There was one bright ray of sunshine among the dark clouds.
On other matters, Brownback said if his presidential bid fell short he had no intention of running for re-election to the Senate in 2010.
Hello Senator Sebelius!