Right-Wing Mailbag, "The Inevitable Result of Eating Lead Paint" Edition

Letters to the editor | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Are some of these people on drugs or something? What else would explain their complete lack of anything resembling logic?

O'Reilly the Hateful Harassturbator Lies About the Hate Crimes Bill (or, "O'Reilly Opens His Mouth")

From Media Matters for America: O'Reilly smears hate crimes bill with false claim that pedophiles could be protected

On the May 5 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that pedophiles could be protected under the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- which defines as a crime acts of attempted violence "motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim." Specifically, O'Reilly said: "[Y]ou could make an argument that a pedophile has a disease, and because the disease is there, he's a target or she's a target."

I think it's pretty odd that Billo the Clown has a hate on for the Hate Crimes Bill, especially since if he honestly thinks that it'd protect perverts, then he should be all for it.

Or have we forgotten this?

A picture is worth a thousand words.

You can't have it both ways, Governor.

Buchanan Wheels Out the Projector

From Media Matters: On Hardball, Buchanan said Reid doesn't want Burris seated "[b]ecause he's an African-American"

Summary: On Hardball, Pat Buchanan said of Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate and the Senate leadership's refusal to seat him: "[W]hy does [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid not want this guy? Why can't he get elected? Because he's an African-American." However, neither Matthews nor Buchanan mentioned that Reid stated -- well before Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris -- that the Senate would consider rejecting anyone appointed by Blagojevich. Nor did they mention that Reid previously denied that his opposition to Burris was based on race.

Uh-huh. Pat Buchanan saying someone else is a racist. I'm just gonna let the irony of that sink in.

Look, the reason why the Senate - and quite a few Democrats and liberals in general - are opposed to this is because Burris is Gov. Blagojevich's appointment, and Blago has essentially given up his right to act with any authority because of his corruption. In fact, an appointment to fill President Obama's Senate seat is precisely what the whole corruption thing is over. How can we trust any decision he makes, or anyone he appoints?