Oh, The Stench

Some people cannot get clean regardless of how much money and how many fatcat important "friends" they have.

I'm reminded of this reading TPM Muckraker tonight. There are two stories in particular that are so smarmy that I feel I need another shower although I just finished one.

The first is about Michael Steele, the African-American Maryland Repugnant Republican who lured poor, homeless and hungry blacks and students to pass out "fear" literature only then to deny them payment, food, and transportation he promised to them for their efforts. Steele appears to have targeted desperate Philadelphians so he could more easily deny that he was taking improper advantage of Maryland residents.

Then there is Bob Perry, yet another Texas millionaire with too much time and nastiness on his hands. If you don't know his name, you likely will recognize the organization he financed: the "Swift Boat Veterans For Truth" crew that came out in 2004 to lie about then presidential candidate John Kerry.

While GOPers love to "dis" George Soros for the money he provides to progressive causes, few of them will admit that this Texas man (and I use the term loosely with Mr. Petty Perry) far EXCEEDS the money Soros spends. For example, Perry spent more than $9 million on attack ads and lies. Thankfully for America, it appears Mr. Perry's money just got pissed away. Of the 20 campaigns to which he over-generously contributed, 14 of these Republicans sank.

Perhaps you were one of the many Americans targeted with robo calls carefully crafted to annoy the hell out of Democrat and Independent voters and to make it seem like it was Democratic candidates calling the same people again and again and again (even I got "treated" to three such calls late in the afternoon on Tuesday, long after I cast my votes).Frankly, I think it's time Mr. Perry is forced to account for his despicable conduct.

After all, for all Perry's money, he is neither all that swift nor is he any too good on the "truth" part either.