Cowboy Confessional

Who says politics isn’t entertaining?

Normally one has to look to Republicans for self destructive behavior.  Be it the pedophile-in-training Mark Foley (who was the actual reason for massive Republican defeats in the 2006 election cycle), or the happy hooker hiring Republican Senator David Vitter (who must have adopted a prostitute or two to make them part of his family values), the GOP knows how to politically zip themselves in their own fly (ladies, that metaphor may be foreign to you, but trust me on this — it ain’t pretty). 

Republicans — through having slightly more individuality than the Democrats — know better than most anyone how to rescue defeat from the jaws of victory.  At least they seem to be getting laid more.  Of course all a man has to do to cure his sex drive is to look upon Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi.

Which in a sloppy segue brings me to Cindy Sheehan, a women for whom not even beer goggles offer a chance for romance.  Today she displayed an almost Republican trait, aiming her irrational torpedoes straight at her own party.  Divide a group and you divide their mission and message.  Sheehan is doing both.

Announcing that she will run against the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for the latter’s unwillingness to defund the Iraq war and file articles of impeachment against George Bush (we’ll ignore for the moment that there are no grounds for impeachment, which explains why D.C. Dem have taken it off the table).  Despite almost no chance of winning, Sheehan will receive oodles of media coverage, force Pelosi to spend time and effort in self-defense, and has already created tactical problems.  When Pelosi speaks publicly, there are Sheehanesque simps shouting her down.

Democrats favor immediate withdraw from Iraq 23% more than Republicans do.  This indicates that at least 10% are pathologically defeatist.  Considering that Pelosi’s seat is in San Francisco — a city that until this war only understood the term “pull out” as a post-coital prerogative — the number of “out or else” local voters in the Democrat party likely hovers the 25% mark.  Sheehan will draw cranky conciliator campaign contributions from all over the planet. This will take Pelosi off mission, message, and medication.

My heart bleeds.  But I might make a donation to the Cindy for Congress campaign to help ratchet-up the entertainment.

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