GOPer Implosion Continues

Isn't the election in five weeks? Shouldn't the GOPers (Greedy Old Perverts) be on attack message now, impugning the patriotism of Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in Bush's Iraq? Shouldn't Rove be orchestrating Soft on Terror, Stay the Courses, all the talking points that have passed for Presidential leadership the last six years?

Thanks to Mark Foley, it isn't the case. The GOPers are in serious defensive mode thanks to the revelation that Mr. Foley, R, FL, has been sending inappropriate IMs to sixteen year old pages and quite probably has had assignations (read gay sex) with some of them. That we don't yet know. Hastert is flopping around like a dying Snakehead, I fired him, I didn't fire him, I knew nothing about it, it was just overly friendly, every hour a new story. Reynolds and Shimkus are both wounded for not taking action or for being overly supportive of Foley and those who got donations from him are dumping the money as quickly as they can.

Frist, too, contributed to the meltdown. Yesterday he suggested the Taliban should have a place in the Afghan government. Weren't these the guys who supported and sheltered Osama? Weren't they the ones we fought to liberate the country and then, after our distraction in Iraq, allowed to become resurgent? Aren't they the folks killing our allies over there? No matter, Frist thinks they have a place at the table. GOPers don't support Chavez, legally elected by a greater majority than Bush ever enjoyed, or Hamas, they're inconvenient examples of failures of democracy yet Frist can ask the Taliban to be part of the government.

And Bush, engineer of the train wreck that is America in 2006 will be in Colorado tomorrow to raise money for the flailing Bob Beauprez. It must be bad for Bob, he will even be seen with the Shrub. At last count, Ritter was leading by 17%. I'd bet being seen with Bush will drop Beauprez to 20% behind. I just wish there were some way to tie Tancredo to the GOPer sex scandal. We seriously need some new representation out here in Colorado HD6.

Meanwhile, Maf54, Foley's screen name, still lurks on the Internet. NPR reports that the Bush EPA buried a report that said their soot standards will cost 4,000 American lives per year in the name of economic progress and furthering the Rapture. Somewhere in Clear Creek County, bark beetles have killed another tree. God bless Amerika.