They're scared to death

"They" -- the smug right-wingers, the so-called pundits, the hacks, the corporate media terrified that they might lose their cozy relationship with Washington -- they're all terrified of the little guy from Vermont who just took over the Republican party.

Most entertaining of all was the hacktacular geriatric trio of George "I Used To Be Smart" Will, Cokie "I'm a Conservative By Injection" Roberts, and Sam "God, If I'm What Passes For A Liberal What Does THAT Say?" Donaldson on Little Georgie Stephie's show this morning. Cokie and the Smug Washington Twit dutifully read their Republican talking points, while Sam stated flatly that he thought Dean would be good for the Democrats.

God, they're all shitting in their pants with terror. After all, the thing a bully fears most is when another kid comes into their schoolyard, bands the others together, and says "Together we can take this guy out."

Not for nothing did Karl Rove say after Dean was knocked out of the race, "The good news for us is that Dean is not the nominee." The more Rove says Republicans should be happy about this, the more scared he is; you can bank on it.

But the Fighting 101st Keyboarders and the Mighty Wurlitzer have their marching orders, and those are to once again paint Dean as some kind of certifiable lunatic (as George Will did this morning) or as some kind of out-of-the-mainstream liberal (well, granted, if you think Bush's bloated budget is mainstream, then Dean's advocacy of fiscal responsibility IS out of the mainstream). And the talking heads are, as always meekly complaint to their Lord and Master.

Here's a truly fine blog entry at Citizen Kainea Virginia blog, which posits that Dean's chairmanship is, in fact, GOOD for Southen Democrats. Definitely worth reading.

Meanwhile, back in Iraq, the occupation slogs on. Today I was reminded of Jonah Goldberg, who just CAN'T enlist to fight the war he supports so much because he has a wife and children. Well, the Spawn of Lucianna might take a few minutes out today from his warflogging to say a prayer for the safety of this guy, who has a wife and 11 children and is off to Iraq:

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Johnnie Chennault has no regrets about joining the Navy Reserve, even though it means he's going to Iraq later this month.

But he does worry about not being around to help take care of his house full of 11 kids.

"Leaving my children, leaving my wife for so long -- you're going to miss all the little things as the kids grow up," he said.

Chennault and his wife, Ronda, have a full range of children of all ages growing up at their home in Springfield, a small town about 30 miles north of Nashville: Terr'i, 17; Stephen, 15; Jobie, 14; Joshua, 12; Zakari, 8; Johnnie IV, 7; Mikal, 6; Syerra, 4; Gracee, 3; Jakob, 1; and Nikalus, 8 months.