Congressman defends calling fired US Attorney 'idiot' as 'succinct'

Another brilliant piece of oration from a Congressman trying to defend the indefensible firing of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias(pictured at right). Is this the level of discourse we have come to expect from our elected leaders?

From RawStory.com:

A Republican Congressman who has criticized the House Judiciary Committee's probe of the firing of 8 US Attorneys by the Bush administration defended calling fired New Mexico prosecutor David Iglesias an 'idiot' in an appearance on Fox News Sunday.

RAW STORY reported on the statement on Sunday.

A statement from the office of Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT), the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee's Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, called his curt phrase a 'succinct' way of criticizing the fired federal prosecutor.

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Truly disturbing...

In this genuinely creepy article from the International Herald-Tribune, Michael Hammerschlag describes the new Putin Youth, otherwise known as the Nashis.....

It's official. To be patriotic in Russia is to be a fan of Putin, specifically a Putin Youth. During the celebration on June 12th of Independence Day (Russia from the Soviet Union in 1990), "the only groups allowed onto Red Square were the youth group Nashi" - which means "ours" - "the Young Guard and Young Russia," according to Sergei, a Nashi supporter. Tickets were carefully dispensed only to the faithful near the Krasny Ploshad Metro from a truck, I finally discovered after questioning a dozen reluctant people holding the tickets.

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