Our Right Wing Idiot of the Day nominations were plentiful, so even narrowing it down to three was difficult. But here are the choices:
Dishonorable Mention – Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Meghan McCain (tie):
The dunderhead Hasselbeck just can’t deal with facts, and it’s getting depressing. The few times I’ve seen the young McCain, she’s tended to be somewhat refreshingly honest. But not this time.
On today’s episode of “The View,” Hasselbeck asked Ms. McCain if she “felt vindicated” because of recent comments by President Obama. You’ll recall that her father, during his presidential bid, spastically tried to formulate a response to the economic crisis by claiming that “the “fundamentals of the economy are strong,” back at a time when they most certainly were not.
The young McCain responded, "It's ironic it's the exact language and the exact terms he used earlier. I am sure he does feel vindicated."
These two women should really check their facts before they speak, and stop ripping the Republican talking points off the wire and repeating them, because they’re embarrassing themselves.
President Obama actually said nothing that even approached McCain’s insane declaration about the economy while it was in free fall. This is what he said last week:
"If we are keeping focused on all the fundamentally sound aspects of our economy, all the outstanding companies, workers, all the innovation and dynamism in this economy, then we're going to get through this."
There’s a distinct difference above. While McCain was declaring the entire economy strong last September, Obama was simply suggesting the government focus on those few aspects of the economy that were still strong, and build upon those. If these two women want to be taken seriously as journalists, and not parrots, they should know the difference.
Runner-Up -- Tucker Carlson:
