Below The Beltway

Not surprisingly, Mike Huckabee’s stupid joke about Barack Obama being shot at is all over the news this morning:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, was known for his sense of humor on the presidential campaign trail, but on Friday he startled listeners with his latest improvisation, an imagined gun pointed at Senator […]

Man, I never though a minister would go there:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him.
Hearing a loud noise and interrupting his speech, Huckabee said: […]

Because these people are allowed to vote.

H/T: Brad @ The Liberty Papers

Apparently, some people have absolutely no life whatsoever:
Seems that one person’s smut is another person’s morning latte.
A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo for Starbucks Coffee.
The Resistance says the new image “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” Mark Dice, […]

It may be early, but this appearance by idiot radio talk show host Kevin James on Hardball last night fits the definition of dumbass in so many ways:

Here’s a clue, if you are going to talk about appeasement, at least know your history.

Except someone forgot to lock the door:
Alan Keyes, who was recently beaten 3-to-1 for the Constitution Party nomination for President, has decided to continue his run for President as an “Independent”. In order to facilitate with ballot-access, Keyes is trying to start a new party called “America’s Independent Party”. He has groupings of supporters in […]

Michigan city spends $ 5.21 to collect a 51-cent bill:
BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill.
It isn’t just that Phil Kazanji’s bill is so low. It’s that it cost the city of Brighton $5.21 to send it to him by certified mail.
Kazanji says he […]

From our fearless leader:
For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to […]

Meet Vito Fossella, Congressman from New York:
Vito Fossella built a career as a staunch “family values” pol, polishing his image in his predominantly Catholic district with a string of anti-gay votes.
He even shuns his gay sister, Victoria Fossella, refusing to go to family events if she and her partner attend, a source close to the […]

A man in Iowa has been charged with assaulting a police officer with M&M’s:
DES MOINES (AP) — A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms.
Sean McGuire was arrested early Sunday at a convenience store after Drake […]