Wilson's Wisdom

Here's Ambassador Joe Wilson on the modern Republican Party:

If you're fiscally responsible, this is not your party. If you believe in a moderate foreign policy characterized by alliances, free trade and the ability to operate in an international environment, this is not your party. If you believe that the government should stay out of your bedroom, this is very definitely not your party. In fact, I would argue that unless you believe in the American imperium, imposed on the world by force, or unless you beliver in the literal interpretation of the Book of Revelations, this is not your party.

This is a man who comes from a "staunch Republican family," entered government service under Reagan, was praised as "an American hero" by the first President Bush, and donated two grand to Dubya just four years ago.

Just another Democrat hack attacking the honor and integrity of Dear Leader, much as O'Neill, Clarke, DiIulio, Beers...

...and Richard Foster, the Medicare actuary who revealed that his boss in the Bush Administration-turned-industry lobbyist Thomas Scully forbade him from informing legislators about the true cost of the prescription drug benefit that narrowly passed Congress last year. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has found that the administration "probably violated federal law" by muzzling Foster.

Truth--and dedicated, nonpartisan public servants like Wilson, Richard Clarke, and Foster--presents the biggest threat to this bunch of ideologues, madmen and pathological liars. As noted on The Daily Show this evening, the facts themselves seem to have a strong anti-Bush bias.