Enstench Awarded GOP's Yellow Garter

No, I'm not speaking of the kind of garters a lady takes off her leg and gives to a man when he gets past third base. I'm speaking of the yellow garter snake which befits Enstench and his "Atta-Boy" cronies.

Ensign -- who took circuitous routes to and from the luncheon to avoid facing the media -- gave what senators called a two-minute speech to his fellow Senate Republicans, drawing a round of applause afterward that, they said, closed the issue in their minds despite calls from some watchdogs for an ethics committee investigation of the affair. [emphasis added]

Enstench, now having received the applause in this most clubby of clubs is certainly guaranteed a long-lasting standing of respect from them. FYI, FUX News lied to protect Enstench.

That is...as long as he can be re-elected. "Rumors" around the state have been that the Repugs are itchin' to sacrifice run Heller against Reid. If Heller really wants to be a Senator - and there's nothing empirical at all except GOP wishing to indicate he does - all he has to do is wait until 2012 when he could win the primary against Enstench in a walk. (If he keeps his zipper shut anyways)

Btw, Sebelius has some musings on the race against Reid. Ahhhh....NevaDUH - where the men are men and the sheep are nervous....

KNUCKLE BUMP OF THE DAY to Nevada blogger extraordinaire Jack Wood for catching this:?

Barney Frank has filed a bill that would eliminate federal penalties for personal possession of less than 100 grams of marijuana. [WBZTV]
It would also make the penalty for using marijuana in public just $100. Frank said:

“I think John Stuart Mill had it right in the 1850s,” said Congressman Frank, “when he argued that individuals should have the right to do what they want in private, so long as they don’t hurt anyone else. It’s a matter of personal liberty. Moreover, our courts are already stressed and our prisons are over-crowded. We don’t need to spend our scarce resources prosecuting people who are doing no harm to others.”

Could this possibly be the beginning of the end for Prohibition II?

KNUCKLEDRAGGER OF THE DAY

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), an avid lover of golf, has repeatedly used the golf course for fundraising purposes. Unlike the imprisoned former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who famously used golf as “bait…to lure Republican politicians into his realm,” Boehner has repeatedly used golf as a means of giving lobbyists some face-time with him while raising money for House Republicans in the process. The Washington Post’s Mary Ann Akers reports today that Boehner’s PAC, Freedom Project, “spent a total of $31,474.11 on a golf fundraiser for friends, lobbyists and anyone else who wanted intimate tee time with the House’s top Republican” at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, FL last February, raising nearly a quarter million dollars for GOP candidates.

Hmmm...golf>good-looking>Repug leader>what else?