Smegma Brain Award For January 11, 2011

By Semperpapa

It’s time for a new Semper America Smegma Brain Award.

For today, January 11, 2001, the coveted Semper America award goes to (drum roll)…Howard Fineman.

Howard is the former editor for the dying magazine Newsweek, and by the caliber of this individual, one may ask “what took so long?”

Before the bodies of the victims of Saturday shooting in Tucson had reached room temperature, Fineman, who obviously has no intention or inclination to ever live up to his name, was busy compiling tips for President Obama to use in order to “maximize” the political advantages that the carnage in Arizona was offering.

Fineman, in his op-ed in the Huffington Post, of course, writes these nuggets of compassion:

"...Obama may be able to remind voters of what they like best about him: his sensible demeanor. Amid the din and ferocity of our political culture, he respectfully keeps his voice down, his emotions in check and his mind open."

Adding:

"That is the pitch, at least. The trick is to make it without seeming to be trying to make it. He will, after all, be speaking at a funeral."

And

"He and Giffords think of themselves as fellow travelers on a middle path of civility and compromise in a dangerous world. The president will likely argue that, implicitly if not explicitly."

So the Smegma Brain Award goes to Howard Fineman for his impersonation of a human being. The impersonation was a failure, but his fall back on depicting a true progressive liberal hack was a stunning success.

Congratulations, smegma brain!

Just my thoughts!