I Listen to Don Imus So You Don't Have To (First in a Series)

Like most people with a brain, a heart, and/or even a modicum of decency, I hate Don Imus, a racist, sexist jerk who wears more make-up than a broken-down drag queen in desperate need of a new gig.

But because our politicians (and their media accessories) continue to pay tribute to this walking, talking anachronism (and, yes, because being irritated energizes me to some extent), I tune in for at least a few minutes each morning.

When it comes to irritation, neither Imus nor his calvalcade of guests ever disappoints. Today's case in point: Paul Begala.

Asked about L'Affair de Joe Biden, Begala said, “What Biden said is not so bad for Biden; it’s more what it says about Obama. First he was for it then he was against it.”

Now Begala, who works for Hillary Clinton's campaign, is not an idiot. Barack Obama is a bigger threat to Hillary Clinton than is Joe Biden, so Begala can afford to spout the conventional white boy pundit wisdom re Biden's "slip."

No, the problem with Begala isn't that he's an idiot. The problem is that Begala (and by implication, Hillary Clinton) thinks that I'm an idiot.

(Don't feel left out; they both think you're an idiot, too.)

Paul, you can blather about Obama until Rush Limbaugh wins the Nobel Peace Prize, but it won't change the fact that your candidate was the one who was for it before she was against it and no manner of spin or deflection or, in this case, projection, is going to change that.

And by the way, here's Begala on why Hillary Clinton voted for the war: “It’s clear that 9/11 freaked her out.”

Is that supposed to be a selling point?

P.S. Much to Imus' consternation (and my amusement), Begala referred to St. John McCain as "Weathervane McCain," an appellation that may have been born over at The Crack Den.