WEEPIN' JOE AND BATTY BECK. This is the kind of thing that passes for wit on the rightist radio circuit. Ordinarily, it would float past us unremarked as further evidence that the primary thing wrong with the concept of Intelligent Design is the adjective, and not the noun. However, it should be noted that, just last week, Weepin' Joe Lieberman (I-Green Room) played kissy-face with this very same tackhammer. They agreed that we are currently in World War III and, if you read all the way to the end, you find that Weepin' Joe is "very proud" of his new friend. I guess this is what The Washington Post was talking about, back before the primary, when Fred Hiatt or someone went briefly off their meds and decided to launch this editorial from the highest peak of Delusion Mountain. Weepin' Joe is very proud of his new friend who makes jokes about blind people. Weepin' Joe remains the most prominent scarecrow on the Imus Ranch. Principles, my aunt Kate. He'd kick a crutch out from under a cripple if it meant 15 votes in Waterbury.
--Charles P. Pierce