Tuesday Round-Up

by Graham Email

Bobby Petrino's professional hurt escalates as the Arkansas Razorbacks fire him, only a handful of days after he was placed on administrative leave following an "interesting" motorbike accident.
Much hand-waving over a supposedly threatening letter from the Obama campaign to supporters who are not donating. I have read this letter and I do not see it as threatening, which is more than I can say for some of the responses from the bottom-feeders in the comments section of the website. Some of those people are pathetic bloviating chickenshits.
Once in a while, a political party throws up somebody whose across-the-board stupidity and lack of intellectual depth is stunningly low. Then there is Rep. Allen West. Today, Rep. West decided to channel the ghost of Sen. Joseph McCarthy at a meeting with constituents:

Moderator: What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists or International Socialist?
West: It's a good question. I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party. It's called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Unfortunately the moderator failed to ask the obvious follow-up question: So where is your, you know, evidence? (probably because the moderator is not actually a moderator, his role was to feed softball questions to Rep. West).
Two can play this game. Some people say that Allen West is a bloviating wanker. And based on reported behavior, my verdict on him is a damn sight closer to reality than his allegations. As PolitiFact has rapidly concluded, Rep. West is basically a liar.