Exposing the Wizard of "Uh's"

Campbell Brown officially broke rank and engaged in honest journalism on September 1, 2008. It took seven years, but the media finally seems to be shaking free of the self-doubting headlock that Republicans put them in after 9/11.

Campbell dares to ask substantive questions and press Tucker Bounds, the McCain campaign spokesperson, to substantiate the fantastical claims the campaign is making about Gov. Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience. In particular she asked Tucker to give examples of what she did as Commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard. She was very polite, but asked for just one example.

Tucker stuck to his talking points, but it was obvious that he hadn't any examples. He didn't know any more about Palin than the rest of us did.

The next day, the Republican attack machine was out in force. They were already worked up over the press daring to look too closely at Palin's daughter's illegitimate pregnancy. Brown's example of honest journalism was just too much for them.

With all the shrill rhetoric, shrieking and knashing of teeth, it all boiled down to, "Ignore the man behind the curtain."

The "wizard" of the Republican Party has been exposed for all its empty assertions and outright lies. The American people see them for the charlatans they are now.

Kudos to Campbell Brown for having the brass balls to do her job. Why has it taken so long?

"I Don't Get No Respect"

Rodney Dangerfield doppelgänger, Karl Rove, was paid $40,000.00 to speak at the University of Iowa. Sounds like a perfect location for his neo-conservative spew, but the students dared to taunt him!

At one point, Rove was heckled into making a rare admission. "You got a chance to ask your questions later and make your stupid statements, let me make mine."

In response to another heckler who brought to Rove's attention that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's granted Rove the title as Worst Person Ever, Rove reminisced about his authoritarian heroes, "Yea, worse than Hitler, worse than Stalin, worse than Mao and worse than the person who introduced aluminum baseball bats."

How ironic that the message the Worst Person Ever delivered went unreported. Only the heckling was of interest.

Near the end, an audience member asked, "Can we have our $40,000.00 back?" Rove shot back, "No, you can't."

If only we could get the last 7 years back.