Mental Midget of the Day

HUD Sec. Alphonso Jackson.

Really, who's stupid enough to admit that they denied a contract based on politics?

Dunce of the Day

Michelle Malkin, for her “who me?” role in releasing the personal information of some members of an anti-war group at U.C. Santa Cruz. Admittedly, the students made a mistake by including their personal information on a press release they circulated, but Malkin, by making this information available on her website (which gets considerable traffic), essentially left the ingredients for a fire in the hands of a bunch of pyromaniacs. Predictably, the students were bombarded with vile and disgusting threats. After being tossed to the lynch mob by Malkin, the students pleaded with Malkin to remove their information from her site. Instead, she posted the information again.

U.C. Santa Cruz alumni and American Prospect writer Ezra Klein pities Michelle. Ezra is a better man than I.

New lows in political attack ads

This disturbing piece of agitprop from the campaign of Vernon Robinson, a Republican running for Congess from North Carolina. This makes me ashamed I was born in the Tarheel State. Truly from the “Twilight Zone”…and not in a good way.