On his radio show yesterday, conservative hack Bill "One Armed Bandit" Bennett said the only mistake with McCain making a joke out of bombing another country (Iran) was that McCain cited the wrong band (The Regents recorded Barbara Ann before The Beach Boys). As for McCain's attempt at humor, Bennett then said, "there's nothing wrong with it, it's trivial" and moved on.

Oh, the hypocrisy. Imagine if Kerry, Clinton, Obama, or any Democrat pulled this stunt, they would've been crucified for days on the right-wing shout-fest circuit. But with Republican McCain, already carrying questionable temperament baggage, apparently it's just "trivial" and not worth spending any time on, next topic.

I actually expect nothing less from these clowns -- and the same holds true for their shrunken hardcore base, the only people listening to them these days (crickets).