Kicking authority in the balls

 I love the smell of desperation in the morning, especially when blended with notes of incompetence.

"When he dresses like that, it's not an accident.  He's kicking authority in the balls.  He's saying, 'I'm the man.  I'll show those guys who's boss,'" said Mehmet Oz on a podcast called "Ruthless."  Presumably he was being critical of his hoodie-wearing opponent John Fetterman but it came across as the coolest endorsement ever.  I hear Fetterman's media people took the rest of the day off.  How can you top that?

Like this:  Newt Gingrich decided to help by tweeting, "Why would Pennsylvania democratic senate candidate john fetterman have a tattoo saying 'i will make you hurt'?"  (Nice dismissive lower-case there, Dr. Gingrich.)  As many were quick to point out it's a reference to the deeply moving Trent Reznor song from 1994, since covered by many artists including Johnny Cash.  The laughter had not died down when Gingrich insisted it was "based on his ties to the crips gang...or the nine inch nails heroin song."  (Really, Ging, get Trump to show you how upper case works -- it's his superpower.)  Portraying Fetterman as a druggie based on his support for legalizing weed is pretty much all the Oz campaign has.  Kellyanne Conway jumped aboard, too, implying that fentanyl overdose deaths in Pennsylvania had something to do with marijuana, because she is an idiot.  

Tucker Carlson went on the rant last weekend about Fetterman's "stupid little fake tattoos."  He is a tat expert since delivering the eulogy for Sonny Barger of Hells Angels, an organization credibly identified with murder, gun-running and drug distribution.  Carlson compared Barger favorably to Joe Biden, who does not "stand tall, stay loyal, remain free and always value honor" in his estimation.  Tucker longs to be super-manly and thinks this is how you do it.

No, this is.  Fetterman took Baby Tuckoo on a tour of his arms and the names and dates tattooed there, representing residents of Braddock, Pennsylvania, who died by violence, "reminders of the people we have lost and what I am fighting for."  Carlson won't read it but everyone else should.

Keep it up, Mr. Oz.  Why don't you go after his beard?