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People I Hate Today
January 31st, 2008 by Angie
- Billy Mitchell — I didn’t even know who Billy Mitchell was until last night and now I probably hate him more than I hate the woman from the Video Professor commercials. Billy Mitchell is the world champion of Donkey Kong. He set the record for Donkey Kong back in 1982 and despite being bumped from the top spot a couple of times in recent years, reclaimed the throne last summer. If that’s what he has chosen to dedicate his life to, fine, but the guy is also a world class asshole. In the documentary King of Kong, he compared the “battle” between he and his challenger to the debate over abortion and compared himself to some very controversial figures in history. He also has really bad 70’s hair with winged bangs and a porn star beard. He has legions of loyal-to-the-point-of-creepy “fans” and proteges and strings them along like a cheerleader humoring the dork that helps her with her homework. He really is total delusional and a despicable person. Watch the documentary and you’ll agree with me.
- Mike Huckabee — I have been pretty indifferent to Huckabee thus far and despite the fact that he is terribly uninformed and kind of goofy, I didn’t hate him until recently. He gave a speech right before the Florida primary in which he claimed that evangelicals were being disenfranchised in American politics and compared their plight to that of African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. Where in the hell has this guy been for the past 7 years? Yes, I know, Arkansas, but they do have TV there, I’ve watched it. This country has been run by a self-proclaimed evangelical Christian since 2001 and the platform of the Republican party and the Republican Congressional agenda has been set by evangelicals since the 1980’s. I have no idea where he (or his campaign) got this idea, but it’s nuts.
- Attorney General Michael Mukasey — I don’t really expect much from Bush appointees at this point, but this guy takes towing the party line to a whole new level. During a Senate hearing today he refused to call waterboarding torture, but said that if it were done to him, he may “feel that it was.” I’ve never been in the military, have never been in combat of any kind, and will probably never be interrogated by anyone, so I have no idea what it really takes to get an answer out of someone save for what I’ve seen on 24. However, I do not understand why the government/military/CIA/DIA cannot just man up and say “Yes, we torture people. We do horrible things to them that are in clear violation of the Vienna Convention and other international law. What are you going to do about it?”
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The best part is the reaction Mukasey has gotten. Ted Kennedy’s not always quotable (or even relevant) these days, but once in a while, he gets a good one in.
http://www.folded.com/bray/?p=1023