I hate to say this out loud for fear of jinxing it, but I think it’s possible that Obama and his entourage finally get it, and realize that no matter what they do, the Republicans will oppose, stonewall, and demonize it. So apparently Obama figures he might as well appoint an actual liberal to the Supreme Court.

“It doesn’t matter who he chooses, there is going to be a big ‘ol fight over it. So he doesn’t have to get sidetracked by those sorts of concerns,” the official told me. The GOP has attempted to obstruct “anything of consequence” put forth by the Obama administration since he took office, the official said. “The president is making this decision with a pretty clear view that whoever he chooses is going to provoke a strong reaction on the right,” the official added.

Well, duh. Welcome to reality, Mr. President. Though I figure it’s likely that this is just posturing, and Obama will appoint some “centrist” (which has come to mean a person to the right-of-center), and then say, “see, I told ya,” when chinless fuck Mitch McConnell acts like a prissy little bitch in opposing him or her.

Speaking of prissy little bitch Senators, some xenophobic konservative nobody is calling on li’l Lindsey Graham to come out of the closet and admit he’s gay.

William Gheen, head of the conservative, anti-“amnesty,” anti-illegal immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), spoke at a Greenville, S.C. Tea Party rally this weekend and called for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to “come out of that log cabin closet.”

According to Gheen, being gay is “a secret that Lindsey Graham has.”

Secret?

Gheen told the crowd: “I hope this secret isn’t being used as leverage over Senator Graham, so today I think Senator Graham, you need to come forward and tell people about your alternative lifestyle and your homosexuality.”

“Barney Frank is more honest and brave than you,” Gheen continued….

Well, that pretty much goes without saying. There’s video of this, and I tried to watch it, but Gheen is one of these loudmouth sanctimonious pricks that I can’t stand. I got through about five words, and shut it off, not wanting to start my day all pissed off and aggravated.

The no longer mavericky Senator from the great State of Arizona – St. John McCain – has declared that illegal immigrants are deliberately causing accidents on the freeway. I’m not sure what their plan is (maybe they want to ensure they get picked up and deported?), other than it must be truly insidious.

Great news for New Yorkers who were on the verge of having to open doors and hail cabs all by themselves: a Doorman strike has been avoided with a new deal between the Doorman’s Union (who knew?) and, um, whoever it is that represents Door Management. Management agreed to a not exactly stellar (almost) 10% raise over four years and no cuts significant cuts in benefits. This is good news for rich people, I think, who might have been forced to choose between paying more money (which we all know they really, really hate), and opening a door manually. Not that living in a building with a doorman means you’re wealthy, of course. It just seems that way to those of us out here in “real” America.

What with all the excitement (and fatigue) associated with yesterday’s Dolphy Day, I failed to notice that it was 4/20 (aka, Marijuana Day – not to mention Hitler’s birthday). Alas, I was unable to properly celebrate the pot part (and, not being a neo-Nazi skinhead, I have no desire to celebrate the other), but I’d like to take this opportunity to plead with you Californians out there to vote to legalize pot this November (the vote’s in November, right?). My hope is that this will be the big breakthrough, and, once the sky hasn’t fallen, there will be a cascade effect that finally leads to marijuana legalization all over the US (or at least here in NY).

Either that, or I’m moving to the Golden State.

Oh well, got a show and tell to do at work today, so I better get crackin’.