"...the key elements of Jindal's story were that he was in Lee's office during the crisis itself, and that his support for the sheriff helped ensure the rescue went ahead. Neither of those things was true." [So, not only was he talking like a 10 year old addressing a pack of 5 year olds, but he was lying as well? Wow.] - Anthony Citrano

<sigh> The best and brightest they have to offer... do you think conservatives should give up on this sorry lot and start a new party? - David HC Soul

Apparently yes, David :-/ - Richard Walker

John Derbyshire, writing about talk radio, in his piece in the American Conservative said: "Conservatives have never had, and never should have, a problem with elitism. Why have we allowed carny barkers to run away with the Right? " [ http://www.amconmag.com/article... ] but the problem goes further than that, as this debacle, from the "banner carrier" of choice of the core of the GOP itself, shows. To use Derbyshire's coinage - it appears "Lowbrow Conservatism" has become the default positioning of the party. - David HC Soul

In indirect response to this story and to all the other amazingly rock stupid things the Republicans are doing these days, I wrote this post: http://thepete.com/rant-ti... if you want to really get annoyed, go to search.twitter.com and do a search for "#tcot" some of the most braindead statements will come up. Truly awe inspiring. - thepete

@thepete, let's make that clickable :) http://search.twitter.com/search... - Richard Walker

Hawt conservative ladies here (Smart Girl Politics): http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/profile... - Richard Walker

Ohhh Richard, after looking at those pages, I was confused. I thought you said “hot”. - Anthony Citrano

Haha, thanks, Richard, for linking to that absurd #tcot search. Now anytime we want to get aggravated, we just need to click! - thepete