Wingnut of the Day: Duncan Hunter

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) made this insane statement on C-SPAN.

"I think if you have to hit Iran, you don't put boots on the ground. You do it with tactical nuclear devices, and you set them back a decade or two or three," Hunter said in an interview with C-SPAN. "I think that's the way to do it --with a massive aerial bombardment campaign."

Most of the Iranian casualties of a "massive aerial bombardment" will be civilians. Does Hunter think no civilians will be in the 25 mile blast radius of a nuclear explosion? Iran and neighboring countries will be uninhabitable. The fallout could travel for years across the Earth. Hunter's solution is scrap the talks between the United States and Iran and commence with genocide and environmental damage to the Earth. It is scary someone this stupid is in Congress.

Quote of the Day

"Old white southern congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), confused, shouts at Obama to get off his lawn."

HunterDK, on Twitter.

Iowa Caucus

To continue the back and forth that goes on between Pushing Rope and Creative Loafing, I break down the importantance of the Iowa caucas. Wayne Garcia is suffering caucas and Florida Gators burn-out.

Seriously, several of these candiadates are fucked if they don’t finish in second place. Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel and Duncan Hunter are dead men walking. Alan Keyes isn’t on the ballot and we probably won’t see him again. (You should run his campaign, Wayne.) Obama and Edwards will end up as the first and second caucas choices. Huckabee and Romney for the Republicans. Iowan just don’t feel Fred Thompson’s sex appeal and straight male Washington pundits.

Thompson and Giuliani are good as gone. The former was banking on South Carolina and Florida and the latter Florida, then carry their (laugh) momentum into Super Tuesday. Their campaigns are train wrecks. Shaggate killed Giuliani and Thompson is the laziest and dumbest presidential candidate of my lifetime. Athur Branch refuses to campaign when a Tennessee game is on. (Side note: how about them Gators!)

McCain might pull off New Hampshire.Huckabee are Romeny wins changes New Hampshire. John Kerry was polling in fourth in New Hampshire and Iowa saved him. The Swift Boated One won NH.

Iowa does matter. Say it with feeling, Wayne.

Clinton, Obama and Edwards will be battling each other after Super Tuesday. Edwards money will get thin, but he is in better shape than the Republicans. Ron Paul can run to the very end. He had the best GOP fundraising quarter and runs a bare-bones campaign.

Side note: Biden and Kucinich are telling their caucas voters to go with Obama as their second choice.

The Fire of Fred Thompson

The Fred Thompson momentum is fading. The CNN poll. He went from 27 percent to 19 percent. He is just barely ahead of John McCain. Another candidate that is going nowhere.

Rudy Giuliani - 27 percent
Fred Thompson - 19 percent
John McCain - 17 percent
Mitt Romney - 13 percent
Mike Huckabee - 5 percent
Duncan Hunter - 3 percent
Ron Paul 2 percent

Thompson is reduced to telling people to applaud for him.

Shameless

It is really sleazy for the Duncan Hunter to raise for for a bogus child abuse cause for his presidential campaign.

Donations to the cause benefit
Duncan Hunter
A 2008 Presidential Campaign

It's the sleaziest thing I've seen for this presidential campaign season. I'm sure something will top it. This is still low.