Oops, I Did It Again
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Thursday June 18, 2009
Proving again that the Republican Party can talk the talk, but can definitely not walk the walk, yet another one of their ranks has come forward and admitted to some extramarital hanky-panky — this time with a former campaign aid. But the ladies and gentlemen, the story doesn’t appear end there.
Nevada Senator John Ensign, married with three children, hastily called a news conference this past Tuesday on his home turf of Las Vegas, Nevada, to acknowledge an affair with a then-unnamed female staffer (The woman in question has since been identified as Cynthia Hampton, who worked as treasurer in a couple of election/political committees for the good Senator). Mr. Ensign stated that he took full responsibility for his actions and that the entire ordeal has taken an incredible personal toll on his family. But the devil, as they say, is in the details.
Since Tuesday, several news organizations — some reputable and some not so much — have been reporting on a possible bribery angle to this entire bruhaha, with Mrs. Hampton’s husband, who also worked for Senator Ensign as a senior aid, pumping the Nevada Congressman for hush money so that they could continue to afford their plush digs in an exclusive gated community in suburbs of Sin City.
But the real elephant in the room with regards to Senator Ensign’s admitted behavior is his holier-than-thou image that he careful crafted throughout his career in Washington, D.C., starting with his admonishment of former president Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky matter to his recent tirades against gay marriage, stauchly arguing for the “preservation of the most important structure in our society.”
Now, after having resigned his leadership post within the GOP, the next question is whether or not Mr. Ensign’s political career can survive the almost guaranteed forthcoming revelations surrounding this burgeoning scandal. As for this Leftwing Nutjob, I predict that Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons with be busy appointing a new state senator by the end of the summer.
Sources:
Ex-campaign aide to Sen. Ensign confirms affair
John Ensign, Defender of Marriage—Except His Own
Admission clouds Nevada Sen. John Ensign’s future
Spoiling For A Fight
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Wednesday May 27, 2009
It seems that North Korean President Kim Jong Il may finally be granted his death wish following his country’s idiotic and provocative behavior over this past weekend.
Following a test launch of a long range missile last month over Japanese airspace — one that analysts believe could reach the Hawaiian Islands — the PRK further upped the ante over the past week by conducting six short range missile test launches. Then, when things seemed like they couldn’t get any nuttier, North Korea went all in on Monday by conducting its second nuclear weapon test in an underground bunker in northern part of that country.
And as the United Nations Security Council scrambled to author yet another condemnation of the PRK’s actions, Kim Jong Il’s government took matters further on Wednesday by announcing to the world that it no longer considered itself bound by the 1953 cease fire agreement that ended the Korean War and sent Hawkeye, Klinger, Col. Potter and Maj. Houlihan back home stateside.
The KCNA, North Korea’s official government mouthpiece, has attributed the actions of the PRK as merely a response to the decision by its estranged neighbors to the south to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) – a “US-led campaign to search ships carrying suspicious cargoes to prevent trafficking of weapons of mass destruction.”
But as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other diplomats around the globe roll out the same old platitudes about Kim Jong Il’s despondent temper tantrums, this Leftwing Nutjob is downright concerned that while the Dr. Phil’s of the world are busy psychoanalyzing this wackjob, he drops a few half-baked nukes on downtown Tokyo and Honolulu and rendering a few billions dollars in real estate uninhabitable for the next one thousand years.
The time has come to remove this canker from the world’s ass once and for all. Nuke Pyongyang from orbit — it’s the only way to be sure.
Sources
Clinton gives North Korea warning
The Knives Come Out
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday May 26, 2009
President Obama announced today his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to replace the retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. But not long before the echo had died from the microphones on the White House podium, the Right Wing attack machine was in full gear, led by former Republican presidential candidate turned media attention whore Mitt Romney.
Yes, Mitt Romney.
And while that sinks into your subconscious and haunts your dreams, HTSNBN chimed in as well, calling Ms. Sotomayor a “reverse racist” and a “hack”, having obviously analyzed all of her opinions over her 20-plus year career in order to make such a well-informed judgment call.
But perhaps the most surprising development with regards to Ms. Sotomayor’s announcement was the decidedly civil and respectful tone set by Michael Steele, chairman of the RNC, as well as other Congressional Republicans who have adopted a “wait and see” approach to her nomination.
This is just the beginning, folks. Get ready for wild ride.
Limbaugh slams Sotomayor: ‘Reverse racist’
Steele: GOP must be careful on Sotomayor
Romney: Sotomayor nomination ‘troubling’
Implosion
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday May 25, 2009
One of the few things that brings a smile to my face these days as I bear witness to the evisceration of my beloved Motor City is the daily drama that has become the Grand Old Party.
With the dawn of each new morning I find comfort in the assertions of Michael Steele that he truly is the leader of the GOP and the one most qualified to guide his party on its mission to inform the American people; that President Obama, the Democrats in Congress, Senator Arlen Spector ad infinitum have no idea what it is that they’re doing with Iraq, Guantanamo, the Economy, etc.
Then comes the afternoon, when He That Shall Not Be Named chimes in on his daily syndicated rant fest, contending that the moderates of the Republican Party are solely to blame for the misfortunes of the last two elections. This is usually followed by a comment or two that puts Mr. Steele on the defensive, forcing either the chairman himself or some other bootlicker within the party to hastily arrange a statement before the nightly news hour, aimed at correcting the pronouncements of HTSNBN and reasserting the leadership of Mr. Steele.
And then, of course, between the hours of 6:00PM and 8:00PM EST, someone within the GOP will get a call from Florida, forcing yet another surrogate to be marched out before the cable network political talking heads in an effort to “revise” the earlier message from Mr. Steele, adding even more confusion to the days events but elevating the comedic drama that is the Republican Party to even greater heights, much to the joy of this Leftwing Nutjob.
When it comes right down to it, I really am a man of simple pleasures.
CNN Poll: Powell vs. Cheney and Limbaugh
Ridge takes aim at Limbaugh
Who's Drone Is It?
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday September 27, 2008
Word this past week of a Predator UAV crashing in a remote region of Pakistan didn’t really become news until no one at the geometrically-shaped building in Arlington County, Virginia took responsibility for the doomed aircraft’s existence.
As a article on Wired.com points out, Pentagon officials are usually quite forthcoming about the fate of any unmanned aircraft that don’t make it home in one piece. But in the case of this particular UAV that went down in South Waziristan last Tuesday night, that fact that no one is claiming the aircraft as one of their own may, ironically, turn out be more illustrative of the global economy than that of the progress in the war on terror.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., the company that manufactures the spy planes and proudly boasts that they are “Leading the Situational Awareness Revolution”, sells their units to Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Italy, but would not discuss additional “classified sales” to other nations or entities around the world. It goes without saying that “situational awareness” can apparently do a lot for a company’s bottom line.
A spokesperson with GA would not confirm or deny to whom the UAV was sold, but a video tape purported to show the wreckage that began airing last week showed components that were clearly branded with the General Atomics logo. And the plot thickened on Friday when Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responded to a direct question about the aircraft’s country of origin by flatly stating “It wasn’t a U.S. UAV.”
This Leftwing Nutjob loves a mystery.
U.S. Denies Drone Down – Never Mind the Video (Updated)
New Twist in Downed Drone Mystery
Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!