Jim Talent - why you W hatin'?

This isn't a total political blog - I promise - it's just that I'm behind and there's so much going on - scandals, liars, and legislators up for reelection who are trying to cover their asses to protect their gravy train.

There's no better example of this than Senator Jim Talent, R-MO, who's now running for cover because President Bush has become political Kryptonite.

Kudos to Tim Russert, who moderated a mini-debate between Missouri's Senatorial candidates yesterday. Russert pressed Talent for his non-answer answer about being identified with Bush. Gee, if Bush has visited your state four times for fundraisers and you've voted with the president 94% of the time, something tells me your fate is tied to the Republican Party, as much as you're trying to distance himself from the president, Mr. Talent.

Here comes a shock - I'm not a fan of Talent. (Yea, I live in Pa., so what difference does it make? Very little, I guess.)

Talent's against stem cell research, and he's a co-sponsor of the flag desecration amendment to the Constitution. His office has said that "We should never support restricting anyone's right to say or write anything they want about the flag of America. But burning the flag is not speech; it is an act with expressive overtones, and that distinction is crucial for constitutional purposes."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the GOP traditionally against government interference in our lives? This moron doesn't understand America, Democracy or freedom if he's trying to amend the Constitution so Americans can't burn a flag as a form of protest.

I'd never burn a flag, but who in the hell are these people to tell me I can't? It's just naked pandering through patriotism for votes.

The flag burning debate is so last century, Talent, so why don't you act like you have some of your namesake?

There are about 1,000 issues that are more important than flag burning. We need to kick the tone-deaf morons out of Congress like Jim Talent and Rick Santorum, who don't understand the concept of doing the people's work.