I was following up on reading about the National Republican Senatorial Committee's strongarm fundraising tactics [1], and followed a link to Link... [2] -- and this is linked in the upper left hand corner:

Link... [3]

...as if no Republican lawmaker would go clubbing, smoke expensive cigars, run up an expensive hotel tab, or dine at Jack Abramoff's restaurant. No, no, no. Republicans all smoke Luckies, eat at Hooters for something kinda upscale, stay at the Ramada, and go to Bible study 2 nights a week and services on Sunday.

No Republican would ever consider going on a chi-chi golf vacation in Scotland, all expenses paid by a lobbyist... certainly, no Republican certainly would ever endorse a high dollar cigar like Macanudo, Hoyo de Monterrey, or Fuente Opus [4]... certainly no Republican has ever been caught doing anything inappropriate with women [5]... or having an affair, for God's sakes [6]... certainly you wouldn't find a Republican handing down terms for a divorce while his spouse was dying of cancer [7], or heaven forbid, abandon that woman and marry a staffer more than half his age [8]... hey, Republicans aren't known for consorting with prostitutes (other than lobbyists) [9] or running up lavish hotel expenditures [10] or, hell, for that matter, being sponsored at swank Super Bowl parties with scantily-clad women dry-humping prominent GOP "hopefuls." [11].

(They would, however, be one degree of separation from gangland murder [12]. These are just good fellas.)

UPDATE: Firedoglake [13] and Steve Gillard [14] have taken up this story.