Cox Sucker

The Congressional Representative for Orange County is Republican Christopher Cox. My father has met him a few times, discussing health care issues, and I believe has even voted for him on occasion.

Here's what he had to say when introducing your boy, Vice President Dick Cheney, at the Conservative Policital Action Conference this week:

California Rep. Chris Cox had the honor of introducing him, and he took the opportunity to mock the Democrats whose hatred of America led them to get Iraq so horribly wrong.

"America's Operation Iraqi Freedom is still producing shock and awe, this time among the blame-America-first crowd," he crowed. Then he said, "We continue to discover biological and chemical weapons and facilities to make them inside Iraq."

Wow, we do? Great to know, Chris! Now, if you could just point me to one piece of evidence that we have found a single biological weapon in Iraq....Oh, okay then, well, maybe a chemical weapon? Nothing. That's weird. I thought you said there were stockpiles. Okay, well, then at least, let's see the facilities where they've been recently made...What? Nothing since the 1991 War? Oh, I get it, you're a big smelly liar. It's much clearer now.

And the crowd, according to Salon, ate it up with a spoon, cheering for their heroes in the Republican party. Check out this poster being sold at the event:



It's not just a ludicrous idea, that Bush starting random wars has made America into a model with potential of a Superman. It's also genuinely creepy. It's almost sexualized. Do young people want to vote for George W. or fuck him? Or, as Bill Maher said last night, now we know what he meant by having a man-date.

So, now that George has built up something of a cult of personality around himself, he's basically infallible and politically indestructible. People can't be swayed against him because he's relegated to almost God-like status. He can't do any wrong, so anyone who opposes him must intrinsically be wrong.

David Cross does a whole routine about the Pope, and how Catholics genuinely believe him to be infallible. I mean, he's got God on the line...how can he be wrong? Cross suggests the Pope go to Vegas. No matter what the roulette wheel says, the Pope's bet is always right! Pay up! I think we're seeing a time in this country when that sort of religious fervor has been shifted. It's no longer about giving your heart to Jesus, it's about proving your devotion to God by supporting this president. And it's making me physically ill.

So, please, if you live in Orange County, CA, stop voting for Christopher Cox. He really lives up to his name.

And, people, Chris Cox introducing Dick Cheney? They're making it way to easy on us juvenile satirists.