Raising flags

Well, the congressional race in this little corner of heaven is turning more than a bit nasty, thanks to the huge campaign war chest of our incumbent Ric "Lawn Boy" Keller.

Over the weekend, he mailed out a lovely little brochure trashing his primary opponent Todd Long.

What ever happened to the old maxim about Republicans not speaking ill of other Republicans?!

Well, Rep. Keller isn't your typical Republican. We've known that for a while now, haven't we?

While he's busy trying to raise red flags about Long's past problems with alcohol, I will always remember his efforts last year to raise the white flag of surrender. He was one of the turncoat, cut-and-run defeatists who joined the Pelosi Posse in their efforts to end the liberation of Iraq.

Fortunately, he and they were thwarted in that effort, despite Keller's idiotic attempt at rationalizing his behavior with a disjointed analogy about the unfairness of having to mow your neighbor's lawn.

While Long consulted with his pastor about his past transgressions and claims he hasn't touched a drop of alcohol in over a year, Keller is completely unrepentant and won't admit he was wrong to join the Democrats or that the surge is working in Iraq.

Lump that in with his broken promise not to run for a fifth term, his own peronal ethics questions, his ineffectiveness as a legislator, along with his latest slimeball tactics and I believe ye socks will understand why he's lost the vote of yours truly.

How does that old cliche' go about diapers and politicians needing to be changed frequently for the same reason?!