Bubba

In case I'm accused of overgeneralization in my rant about Bush's poll numbers (below), and the herds of moronic lemmings that support him, lets present photographic evidence.

These two fine fellows are "counter-demonstrators" at Bush's Crawford ranch. The signs they hold read "Freedom isn't Free."

I suspect their combined I.Q. to be about 136 (which is what mine is), and I suspect they are not "sacrificing" anything for the Iraq war - much along the lines as the rest of the "support the troops" crowd. Clearly, they are not sacrificing dinner. However, I am well aware that being, as Eric Cartman would say, "big boned", hasn't much to do with political persuasion for the most part. Therefore, I don't read much into a person's politics based on their physical size.

I also suspect them to be rabidly anti-gay, while at the same time strangely looking at each other in confused ways.

But hey.. they're a'Merkins, right?

pic via Digby:

** update **

Digby makes a great point that you right wingers need to keep in mind. When Iraq comes crashing down into civil war and ultimately a theocracy, don't look at us.

Memo to those on the right who say the Left supports Islamic fundamentalists: we're the Godless Heathens, remember? We're against the religious zealots running governments across the board. Of course, that includes your "base" here in the US too so you'll have to pardon us for our consistency and ask yourselves why we find you incoherent on this matter.

We always understood that while deposing Saddam was easy, the risk of civil war or an Islamic theocracy were very high. We thought it might be worthwhile to wait for just a fucking minute to see how this little terrorism problem played out before jumping into the middle of the hornets nest and swinging wildly. So, please don't blame us. We don't like totalitarians. We don't like theocrats. And we understood that when you go mucking around in the middle east at the direction of con-men and ideologues, you are likely to fuck things up.

America isn't magic. The military does not have magical powers. We knew this. Michael Ledeen and his fanciful cohorts apparently didn't. Now they are blaming everybody --- and I mean everybody --- but themselves for the failure they have wrought.