Blumen Idiots

As if any further proof were needed, the Republicans have shown, once again, why they have earned the nickname, "The Stupid Party". The occasion was the arrest of one of the leading Clinto-fascists who are hoping to revive their careers by hitching their wagons to Hillary's star. Sidney Blumenthal, an "unpaid adviser to Clinton's campaign", agreed to plead guilty to driving while intoxicated -- on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, mind you -- but he is being spared a more serious charge of "aggravated drunken driving" (which is, I guess, driving while drunk and aggravated) because -- get this -- the arresting officer has been "activited by the military and ordered to Iraq". Now, let us pause for a moment to reflect on the enormous incompetence being put on display here. And let us also reflect on what would have happened if a _Republican_ operative had been nabbed for DWI (with or without aggravation) on the eve of an important primary. Number one, he would have been out of the campaign, on his can, before the first vote was cast the next morning. Second, the papers would have been full of it (well -- they already are -- ha ha), as would the networks, cable, etc. And the arresting officer would have been proclaimed a hero for having gotten one more political low-life off our nation's highways... he would have been invited up to the stage at Clinton rallies... wined and dined... offered 72 virgins in exchange for his testimony... and so on. But not this poor schmuck. He has to go over to Iraq -- under the orders of a Republican administration -- and get his butt shot off for having pulled over a sworn enemy of that same administration. Stupid, stupid!! If the Republicans had a grain of sense (and at least one ball) they would tear up those damn orders, punish the idiot that issued them in the first place, then put this guy under 24-hour guard and make sure he showed up at that trial bright and early, hoping to put Blumenthal away for as long as possible and cause a nice bit of damage to the Clinton campaign.

The principle that is missing in the Republican strategy is that they never ask themselves, "WWCD?" I.e., "What would Clinton do?", and it doesn't matter which Clinton you're talking about (any more than it makes any difference whether you're dating Mary-Kate or Ashley, since they both share the same pea-sized brain). You see, the Republicans still consider themselves "gentlemen", and "above all that". No one wants to get their white shoes dirty by getting it on with the street-wise, viper-like Democrats. But hey, this is how elections are won these days (and, I suspect, how they have always been won, truth be told). All you have to do is see the pure viciousness with which the Clinton gang is waging war on the Obama gang. (Of course, domestic strife is always the worst, as we know.) Do McCain and company really feel they're going to be treated any better -- or any better than the Democrats have been treating Bush all this time (albeit, richly deserved)? But hey, mud wrestling is just not in the Republican makeup. A Republican might be in the field artillery, but he will never be a "grunt". And as for nice guys finishing last, surely that doesn't apply to politics -- !