On Republican Scumbags, Part 2

I don't know how many of you are following the special election in Ohio. Probably not many. I haven't been. I mean, who follows special elections in Ohio?

Anyway, the old Congressman is vacating his post to take up a position with the Trade Commission, so now there's a vote to decide who will take his place. Iraq War Veteran Paul Hackett is running for the Democrats and Cruel Harpy Jean Schmidt is running for the Republicans.

Now, District #2 of Southern Ohio is a very conservative district, so Schmidt ought to have a decided advantage in this election. But she happens to also be a brainless shrew who parrots GOP talking points and is quick to lose her temper.

Check out this interview Schmidt did with David Gregory on Hardball, courtesy of Crooks and Liars. In it, she makes the following arguments:

• Paul Hackett should not call the president a chickenhawk or an "S.O.B." (NOTE: Hackett has done both, although he actually said that, though he thinks the president is a son of a bitch, as a military man he would be willing to die for him.
• People in Ohio like the President
• The best defense is a good offense
• Paul Hackett sounds like Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi
• People in Ohio hate the Death Tax
• She's more of an authority on Iraq than a veteran because she attended a military funeral
• People in Ohio like ethanol
• David Gregory should shut the hell up

Seriously. Check out the video. It's insane.

And it brings me back to my point from this earlier post. It's not that being a conservative makes you a scumbag. It's that all these conservatives just want to parrot the president and his cabal, and those guys are massive scumbags.