Speaking of Katherine Harris ...

Today, on the always entertaining Huffington Post Blog, hot-tempered Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin unleashed this doozy on an unsuspecting, undeserving public:

Gore, who limped off of the American political stage after the 2000 election after being gang raped by Dick Cheney, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and James Baker, as well as their election-stealing goons in Washington and Florida...

"Limped." "Gang Rape." Yikes.

Sometimes a metaphor is just a metaphor, but if Gore, Cheney, O'Connor or Baker ever run into Alec Baldwin and his dirty mind it could be awkward. In fact, if any of the participants or the recipient of this supposed crime find themselves in the same room I predict averted gazes.

Of course the biggest loser here is Katherine Harris. Baldwin calls out sweet old Sandra Day, but reduces Harris to nameless goon. Girl can't catch a break.

Idle threat of the week

During a week when a famous heiress threatened a year-long vow of celibacy and a famous despot threatened to be a alive when he could well be dead, a famous face-painter has won the Idle Threat of the Week.

Katherine Harris, a Republican congresswoman from Florida, took the coveted crown by threatening to win a seat in the United States Senate.

While such a sentiment is generally encouraged in a candidate for public office, what makes Harris's declaration highly threatening (and completely idle) is not only is she opposed in her efforts by Florida Democrats but also Florida Republicans, National Republicans, the Department of Justice, her former campaign staff, most of her rapidly dwindling current staff and all otherwise disinterested parties who have had what appears to be the extreme misfortune of meeting Ms. Harris.

Lest Harris become depressed about this state of affairs, she only need remember she has proven herself to be highly competent in an electoral recount pinch, and she has beat the odds to capture Idle Threat of the Week for August 1-7.