I've got Bobby (the stupid party) Jindal as governor and 'Diaper' David Vitter as senator . . . I owe YOU an apology.

and away makes up for anything he says or does.

Anyhow, what Carson did in his career as a doctor was admirable and inspiring. As a politician he's an idiot; he should've retired and rested on his medical laurels, which would have guaranteed that he'd always be admired. By running for president he's risking a whole shitload of well-deserved ridicule.

my hometown, Chesapeake, VA, was later home of the (un) Christian Coalition (which left for DC in 2000, thank GAWD). So don't feel bad.

it wasn't really my fault that George Bush became President.

We will have tense moments here as people take sides in the fight for the Democratic nomination. Every now and then, when things are getting uncomfortably testy, someone will post the latest lunacy from Carson, and we'll all be united in enjoying a good laugh.

So, to the extent you bear any responsibility for his entry into the race, I say: "Well done!"

and Ted Nugent end up being so backwards politically after growing up in working-class cities? I don't get it. Surely they know what it's like to be poor and how hard it is to get up the ladder.