Malaka Of The Week: Luke Russert
As a broadcaster, Luke Russert has all of his famous father’s flaws and few, if any, of his virtues. It reminds me of Jim Hightower’s classic zinger at Poppy Bush’s expense: “He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.” That’s Prince Luke in a nutshell. Make that a wingnut shell, since he’s gone hog wild for pig castrating Iowa Senator-elect Joni Ernst. And that is why Prince Luke is malaka of the week.
NBC dispatched Russert to cover the Iowa Senate campaign in the closing days of the race. In the manner peculiar to the MSM, he became an instant expert on Iowa politics and folkways. He also began to swoon over, and croon about, Crazy Joni:
“That’s what Democrats have been trying to push here in the last few hours, that Joni Ernst is against you on the issues. Unfortunately, where she’s beating Bruce Braley, this idea of who cares more about people like you. Joni Ernst’s charisma, her momentum seems to be giving her a little bit of an edge right now as we head into the final day.”
Crazy Joni rode her Russert approved charisma and Big Mo, as Poppy Bush christened it back in 1980, to victory despite views that sound cribbed from the John Birch Society. That’s right, Joni Ernst used to talk about posse comitatus and second amendment solutions. But that doesn’t matter because she’s a “charismatic” veteran. Perhaps that’s why she’s so damn good at camouflaging her extreme views. Ernst and Cory Gardner ought to form the tea party mole caucus since the MSM swallowed their spin. My post-election day hangover is returning. I had it even though I only had 2 beers whilst watching the returns. I can be a restrained motherfucker when I want to be.