Political Link-A-Dink

Consultant Charged with Molesting Girl in Ad. Nice. Family Values, for sure. Political consultant Carey Lee Cramer (R), credited with an anti-Al Gore ad in 2000 that showed a young girl picking daisy petals and ends with a nuclear blast, is charged with molesting two girls, including the one in the ad, according to McAllen Monitor.

The US Senate on Wednesday defeated a proposal by Democrats to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour by January 1, 2009. Yet, on 6/14, House lawmakers voted to increase their salaries by $3,300. The 2 percent cost-of-living raise would be the seventh straight for members of the House and Senate.

Former Bush misadministration official David Safavian has been found guilty of covering up his dealings with Republican pet lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Safavian was convicted on four of five felony counts of lying and obstruction. Word.

Oblivious and incompetent Bozo George urges republicans to keep Bill Frist as the Senate Majority Leader. Only one small problem: Frist plans to retire from the Senate this fall. It's like he doesn't even try anymore.

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), who screwed over PA taxpayers not too long ago, has received the "Hero of the Taxpayer" award by Americans for Tax Reform, run by nasty, viper-like conservative assbag Grover Norquist.

"Senior US intelligence officials said Thursday they have no evidence that Iraq produced chemical weapons after the 1991 Gulf War, despite recent reports from media outlets and Republican lawmakers."

King George states the "Hungarian experience should inspire Iraqis" - completely forgetting, (or more like; completely fucking stupid) the Hungarians revolted against their Soviet invaders.