Cliff's Corner

The Week That Was 10/5/2007

Another week. More preposterousness to report.

Rudy Giuliani is trying to convince people he's "pro-life," Fred Thompson thinks we'd better be on the look out for that evil "Soviet Union" and John McCain believes we have a "Christian" Constitution.

Was there a meeting of GOP members where they decided that their electoral vulnerability was based upon the fact that while perhaps trying, their presidential candidates were just not reaching the zenith of Bush-level stupidity?

It seems to be a race to the bottom with these cerebrally ill-clad, Abramoffian imbeciles. After Dan Quayle, for obvious reasons (potato-E) they had to search far and wide for a bigger mumbo-brain. They found one in the persecuted personnage of George W. Bush. A guy who has trouble finding an unlocked door after press conferences or chewing pretzels without the White House taster present.

But finding someone even more mentally handicapped this time around was going to be quite a challenge. They had good 'ole country boy George Allen, if by "country boy" you mean a spoiled-brat, rich-kid from Los Angeles who liked to torture his sister. But he too openly hated black people, instead of hiding it among metaphors and code words like the rest of his klan...er, party.

So this is what they are left with. A bunch of guys who make Mitt Romney seem like his suit is only half-empty. A crew who would bring down the average IQ on Sunset Tan. A group of guys who are too afraid to debate minority issues, because perhaps they'd have to explain how expanding SCHIP hurts black kids.

Again, I must apologize for this short posting. But I have recently been asked to contribute a twice-a-week column at The Guardian, and that and my newish gig at Brave New Films are keeping me on the run. I will be back here often, just not every week right now. But I do leave you with this video of how Bo Derek is better at answering questions on minority concerns for Rudy Giuliani than Tavis Smiley. Enjoy my friends!