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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Shameless hypocrites on parade
Posted By John Grooms on Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Sometimes you only have to let the news speak for itself. Think Progress points out that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is all aflutter about the ACORN prostitution scandal, in which various ACORN workers were filmed trying to help a couple set up a prostitution business. The ACORN workers involved, needless to say, have been canned, and the organization says it will clamp down on proper training for new workers (it’s about time). Sen. Vitter, who had pushed for an end to all federal funding for ACORN, says he is “outraged” by the new scandal. Yes, he’s “outraged,” but probably not as outraged as he was two years ago when a Washington, DC madam revealed that Vitter was a favorite customer, had a diaper fetish, and took calls from her during roll call votes in Congress. Vitter, as Think Progress notes, hasn't lost his federal funding. We report, you decide: hypocritical, shameless, clueless, or all of the above?
Glenn Beck, meanwhile, is criticizing anyone who says that Rep. Joe “You Lie!” Wilson is a racist. In fact, Beck, who can’t seem to remember what he has said from one day to the next, said yesterday that “you can’t just go around calling people ‘racist,’” because “racism is dangerous” and such ill-mannered charges contribute to “the declining quality of our public discourse” in which people “say things without basing their charges on solid evidence.” That bit of advice on propriety is from Glenn Beck, ladies and gentlemen, whose TV show has lost over half its sponsors because of his own claims that President Obama is a racist with a "deep-seated hatred for white people and white culture." Again, you decide: hypocritical, shameless, clueless or all of the above?
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