Perhaps it is a sad commentary on our society that a politician simply speaking common sense is elevated to hero status.  But I’ll take honesty and tough common sense wherever I can get it these days.  It’s certainly not coming from the left.

This video should warm the hearts of Progressives.  Personally it makes me a little sad to see people so defeated and waiting for handouts.  Well, until I remember that being a conservative, I’m incredibly racist and love keeping poor people in their place!  Whereupon I cackle with mad glee at the sweet, delicious pathos!

Now we've got both Tom Hagen and Sonny Corleone on our team.

Veteran actor James Caan let people in on a little secret last week. After 46 successful years among Hollywood’s most outspoken liberal stars, he’s speaking up about breaking the mold.

“I’m an ultra conservative,” he said at Moet & Chandon’s 6th Annual Hollyshorts Film Festival Opening Night Celebration in Los Angeles.

“I’m not a G** damn Hollywood liberal, I’m not,” he said, adding he only watches Fox News.

Via Hot Air.

Via the White House Flickr feed.

The House gave Charlie Rangel some speaking time on the floor today.  It went a little something like this:  “You disrespectful young punks! And furthermore, when I was kid I didn’t have shoes! We used to respect our elders, dammit.  Then there was this time in 1963 when I couldn’t get ice cream, and goddamit, when’s my nap time?”

Yeah.  He used to chair the committee that creates our tax code.  I’m sure that’s been good for America.  At least these politicians’ egos make for entertaining exits from public life.

I don’t hate Charlie Rangel.  He served in the Army in a war much tougher than mine, and seems like he’s probably a nice man.  But that’s not going to cut it for America anymore.  We need people of true character, accountability and restraint creating the laws of our land.

In related news, Bill Maher has joined the Norwegian national ballet.

SUPER-SECRET HIDING PLACE – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose website has published large volumes of classified video and documents leaked from the United States military, refuses to reveal the source of his pathological insecurity and need to feel important.

Assange, whose propagandic work has revealed the names and locations of Afghan informants and generally endangered the lives of Americans and our allies, was quoted as saying something or other about “truth” and “light of day” or some stupid bullshit.

Whether she’s addressing the financial meltdown, or the contentious new healthcare bill, or any other major public policy issue of the day, Claire McCaskill continues to exhibit preternatural patience with the benighted moonshiners of the state she represents.

But Claire has really outdone herself with the new series of cartoons and other pitch’ers she is creating so that Missourians might better understand the legislative process. In a Missourah.com exclusive, here is the first in the series. Thank you, Claire!

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