Ollie North: Mid-Summer Madness

[unhappycamper]

Mid-Summer Madness
By convicted felon Oliver North | August 13, 2010

It has to be the heat. A severe outbreak of Global Warming Disorder among Washington's elite is the only possible explanation for the strange behavior of so many power brokers.

Temperatures in Washington were so high this week that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, perhaps suffering from dehydration, had a brief moment of lucid candor. During an interview with The Hill newspaper, Mr. Gibbs took a page from Sean Hannity's playbook and castigated the "professional left" for criticizing Mr. Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan and his unfulfilled pledge to close the Guantanamo terrorist detention facility. "I hear," said Mr. Gibbs, "these people saying he's like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested. I mean it's crazy."

Unfortunately Mr. Gibbs did not clarify whether he believes there is some connection between drug use and mental instability. He did however note what it will take to bring Mr. Obama's backers back into the fold: "They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we've eliminated the Pentagon."

This is of course the same Robert Gibbs who famously forecast during last month's record-breaking heat wave, "there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control" of the House of Representative in the November elections. Understandably irritated by the prospect of losing her perks and privileges, Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed Mr. Gibbs efforts to keep the Democrat base home from the polls and told CNN: "I don't spend a whole lot of time thinking about what the president's employees say about one thing or another."

Apparently uncertain about how effective these comments might be at alienating fellow Democrats, high temperatures in Nevada forced Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to take matters into his own hands -- or mouth. During a campaign event in Las Vegas this week, the liberal icon boldly told supporters, "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK? Do I need to say more?" Nope.

[Mopar151]

1. It's so freakin hot, Ollie makes a (very) little sense n/t

[spanone]

2. i tend not to take advice from or listen to convicted felons.