Slate has a new piece by our old friend Christopher Hitchens which addresses whether or not John McCain is nucking futz. Hitch plays it a bit cagily, but for the most part seems to say that he, too, goes along with the conventional wisdom that McCain is a loose cannon and who the hell knows what might set him off. After all, McCain is the guy who called his wife a cunt in front of campaign staffers, and has been known to get physically violent and verbally abusive with his peers.
But the quote I wanted to share isn’t even about John McCain. It’s about former Republican senator from New Hampshire Bob Smith, who is probably best remembered by people outside of New Hampshire as the guy who quit the Republican party after his own failed presidential bid in 2000 and tried to run as an independent, then went back to the Republicans with his tail between his legs in order to claim a juicy committe chairmanship. He lost his re-election bid in 2002, but made noise about running for President again as an independent.
Aaaaaaaanyway, this was Hitchens’ appraisal of Smith:
He combines the body of an ox with the brains of a gnat. Indeed, if his brains were made of gunpowder and were to accidentally explode, the resulting bang would not even be enough to disarrange his hair.
Well, given the amount of plaster he has to use for that combover, it’s no wonder.
