Poor Kansas - Poor America

It's bad enough to live in a state where religio-nut cases have hijacked the state's educational system, succeeding in making Kansas a worldwide laughingstock. On top of that, Kansas also has a US Senator who exemplifies religio-idiocy by consistently showing how reality and facts don't mean anything when you are a posturing true believer. In an interview this morning on Faux News, Sen. Sam Brownback offered this cogent gem of wisdom and sagacity during a discussion on how to engage Syria and Iran to help solve the Iraq situation:

WALLACE: But let me — I don't want to put words in your mouth, Senator Brownback, and I'm sure I won't, but I get the sense that you're getting a little close to jumping ship on the president's policy.

BROWNBACK: "I’m not — I’m not jumping ship. I just think it’s time that we really put pressure on the situation. And we’ve been very patient with this, and we’ve invested a lot. I do think as well it’s time for us to put diplomatic pressure to the point where you just park the Vice President and Secretary of State in the region. It’s shuttle diplomacy going back and forth between the countries that will receive us, really pushing on them to stop funding things into Iraq and start working with us, because they don’t need a civil war in that region either, and to really have them start coming to the table instead of just sitting back and even hurting the situation inside of Iraq."

So, let's just send Condi and Darth Cheney to the region and have them shuttle! That should be quite entertaining since the Bushies are opposed to involving either country - lets not forget Iran is a charter member of Chimpie's "Axis of Evil". Condie's last try at being a diplomat worked out really well and the image of Dead-Eye Dick acting as a facilitator for peace is as far fetched as seeing James Dobson act like a real Christian and help Ted Haggard.

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