Kinda nice for them how the Repugs get a running 3-hour commercial first thing every morning on MSNBC. Joe the Ho, former Repug Rep for the Redneck Riviera has risen to the level of semiskilled in his extended am Hack Job on Dems. He is the original Bullying Bloviator, the Raging and Overbearing Abusive Father who has Mika cowed and Willie nodding in agreement like a bobblehead doll.
He adds lettuce for his Baloney Salad---Pat Buchanan sometimes sounds reasonable, and they include such as Halperin, even Conason---but nobody overshadows the Big Bad Raging Bully!!!
This morning's show was a grotesque case in point. There are several hot political topics at the moment, including the devastation of the Gulf by BP's oil slick that has even ravaged his beloved Pensacola in terms of tourism and the public dissembling of Whack Job Rand Paul. But those two stories receive short shrift in favor of the REALLY BIG stories of the day: 1) a purported 'bribe' job offer to Joe Sestak by the Admin. that is not confirmed and which he, in any case, did not accept, nor did it affect the outcome; and 2) the Blumenthal response to his admitted misspeaking relative to his 'Vietnam' record and some misrepresentation of same by the New York Times. On the latter, Joe positively raged and ranted, interrupting and talking over others (as he so frequently does) should they dare raise their voice. Several on the panel, including Halperin and Meacham actually disagreed w/his Highness and allowed as to how Blumenthal would likely still be elected in a state where he has supported vets for years and been a beloved Attorney General.
He has been aggressively pushing the Sestak story for days, and seems to be pushing it to a crescendo w/the aid of Watergate vet Pat Buchanan. While he has said that Rand Paul's statements on the Civil Rights Act are obviously wrongheaded, he gives him a quick pass, says that he would not seek repeal (THANKS!!!), and fails to delve into what his Libertarianism might mean for Mine Safety, the minimum wage, ADA, Child Labor, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, or any other trivial issues that might come up in Kentucky. He simply avers that it's smart for him to avoid the national media....
But the real dog may be the one that didn't bark. Throughout all of the ranting and raving, the Morning Ho has not ONCE mentioned, to my knowledge, the abject hypocrisy and quick and total resignation from the US House of Representatives of one Mark Souder of Indiana. You see, Souder came in the same time as Joe, they're both conservatives, and they both had Intern Problems. Joe's had to do with one Lori Klausitis, and she is no longer with us. The details remain fuzzy...or concealed...or something...so much for full disclosure, huh???!!!
If you have not witnessed Souder's remarkable (for Chutzpah!) Faux Interview w/the Staffer with whom he had sex in state parks even as he called hearings and repeatedly railed in favor of Abstinence Only Education....then u missed a classic. True, the man resigned pretty quickly and thus extricated himself from the scene and embarrassing interviews, but you might think---as he's slamming Blumenthal and Sestak for hours without end---that Joe might find just a couple of words for the hypocrisy of his brother......No???!!! Crickets....