Fake Republican Outrage

As I watch Republicans rebrand themselves as the party of no ideas, it is interesting to see the latest trend of the fake outrage. Not a week goes by now, when Republicans and their crazy supporters are not 'outraged' by something new.

This week talk is all about David Letterman. Last week he made some silly joke about the Palin kids getting knocked up, and suddenly it's been blown up into an insane fiasco. After apologizing, Letterman invited failed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on the show, an offer she declined on the basis that it would not be 'safe.'

The Hilton group, known for such classy offerings as Paris Hilton, recently pulled their Embassy Suites ads from the CBS web site stating that their guests might have found the comments 'offensive.'

The lasted asshole to jump on the bandwagon is Micheal Patrick Leahy, the brainchild behind the teabagging parties. He has stated that the comments made by Letterman are 'disgraceful' and 'egregious.' He went on to liken the silly joke to the racist comments that got Don Imus fired from the radio. His next move is going to be to organize a few hundred morons that listen to this prick, to go and protest the studio.

As Republican assholes like to say, "Gimme A Break..." One silly little joke about teen pregnancy in a family that has already had one does not warrent all this fake outrage. If these people want a real issue to complain about, how about the reality that American infant mortality is so bad? How about a discussion about out of control teen pregnancy rates in America (caused in part by failed Republican policies supported by Sarah Palin)?

But I guess that would be too easy. Republicans have lost the plot, and instead of putting forth a manifesto of great solutions to the problems Bush created for us, they have become the party of 'NO' and anger.

Now don't get me wrong, I think Letterman should have retired years ago. This American concept that late night hosts must stay on the air as long as they are capable of talking for an hour is crazy. But for a group to claim he should be fired for reading a joke his writers threw together is just pathetic. Some people need to get real.