Wednesday, May 19, 2010

(Faint) praise for Dino Rossi

Over the years, I’ve written many negative words about two-time Washington gubernatorial loser, and current US Senate dabbling ditherer, Dino Rossi.  Most of those negative words appeared during the 2004 recounts, in my extended WA Gov series of DailyKos diaries.

I’ve called Rossi smarmy, sleazy, crooked, slimy, and odious.  I’ve likened him to a used car dealer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BIAW.  I’ve noted with distaste his refusal to concede the 2004 election after his long, long court challenge was dismissed, with prejudice, after Chris Gregoire had already been Governor of Washington for nearly half a year.

But Dino is nowhere near the classless ingrate that is the newly-minted teabagger Republican nominee for US Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul.  While Rossi wouldn’t concede after losing his race, last night Paul wouldn’t talk to the candidate who was conceding to him!  Talk about a scumbucket…

Dr. Paul (he’s an ophthalmologist) is, of course, the son of US Congressman Dr. Ron Paul (dad’s an OB/GYN).  This rotten apple hasn’t fallen far from the crazy tree.  Father and son represent the ugly union of the worst features of libertarian xenophobia, the Tea Party/teabagger movement, and the putrefying remains of the Republican Party.  Unfortunately, the appellation Know Nothing Party was claimed by their forebears a century and a half ago.  That’s too bad, because it’s as fitting a name as there could be.

Paultards now have two avenues for their devotion and their dollars.  I wonder whether all the cash those wackos poured into Rand’s run in Kentucky, as well as Ron’s nutty presidential campaign in 2008 (FWIW, he’s already running for 2012), were backed by gold ingots buried in their backyards.  I mean, the Pauls want to take the United States back to the gold standard, don’t they?

So what’s my praise for Dino Rossi?  It’s that he isn’t as big a scumbag asshole as Rand Paul.

Faint enough for ya?