It can be difficult to run for Senate. Your Wonkette knows; we haven't done it many times because of how difficult it is. Michael Baumgartner, though, is running for Senate against Maria Cantwell, and was righteously pissed off because a reporter asked him questions that weren't on his agenda, and so
Update: Baumgartner <a href="http:\/\/www.kirotv.com\/news\/news\/local-govt-politics\/wa-senate-candidate-apologizes-swearing-reporter\/nRG4W\/" target="_blank">retracts</a> his nonpology:
<i>State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner issued an apology Tuesday, then retracted it after apparently sending a profane email to a reporter for the political blog Publicola. &quot;Let me just say, Josh had it coming in this email, and I don&#039;t apologize,&quot; Baumgartner told KIRO 7&#039;s Graham Johnson on Tuesday afternoon. &quot;Look, it&#039;s a naughty word. It doesn&#039;t amount to a whole lot.&quot; </i>
While &quot;Afghanistan, damn it!&quot; is a change from the standard GNoP &quot;9/11, stupid!&quot; if one member of the Senate or House could really make a difference regarding the US being in a war, Barbara Lee would have kept us out of Iraq.
Austin Powers Libel!!!
Update: Baumgartner <a href="http:\/\/www.kirotv.com\/news\/news\/local-govt-politics\/wa-senate-candidate-apologizes-swearing-reporter\/nRG4W\/" target="_blank">retracts</a> his nonpology:
<i>State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner issued an apology Tuesday, then retracted it after apparently sending a profane email to a reporter for the political blog Publicola. &quot;Let me just say, Josh had it coming in this email, and I don&#039;t apologize,&quot; Baumgartner told KIRO 7&#039;s Graham Johnson on Tuesday afternoon. &quot;Look, it&#039;s a naughty word. It doesn&#039;t amount to a whole lot.&quot; </i>
To steal a bit from Woody Allen, at least it&#039;s sex with someone you love.
While &quot;Afghanistan, damn it!&quot; is a change from the standard GNoP &quot;9/11, stupid!&quot; if one member of the Senate or House could really make a difference regarding the US being in a war, Barbara Lee would have kept us out of Iraq.
I&#039;m not saying all wingnuts are sociopaths, but it would explain a lot of the things they&#039;ve said lately.