Republicanalooza
 Two more heavy-hitters threaten to join the Republican ranks of presidential candidates in 2008 – former Wisconsin governor and Bush’s first-term HHS secretary Tommy Thompson. Tommy says he has three things going for him: he’s a mid-westerner (helps in Iowa), he knows more about health care than anyone (and has done less), and since going to work for a company that builds ethanol plants, he claims to have learned quite a lot about the energy business (again, a big Iowa boost) but energy business executives haven’t really panned out all that well as chief executives.
The other possible entry is former Rep. Bob “God Hates Fags” Dornan (R-CA), who ran for president in 1996 and never got more than 1% in a single primary. Dornan’s motivations to run are simple: “I can’t stand the thought of my party having as its three front-runners three open adulterers, Newt Gingrich, Giuliani, and McCain,” and “Homosexuality is a cancer in my party.”
When he lost his House seat to Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) in 1998, he blamed it on illegal aliens voting for her. So he may have an immigration agenda to unfold as well. All in all, a real feel-good candidate.
If he actually jumps, we’ll get into all the nitty-gritty about his alleged spousal abuse, the fact that in one year of active military service as an Air Force pilot he crashed three planes and a helicopter, and, oh yeah – that he’s a as bug-shit crazy as Katherine Harris on meth.
~Jack McEnany
Also see: Hack Watch
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