Are politicians fucking retarded?!

This from CNN.com regarding the GOP debate the other night:

From Brownback:

Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback said he supports breaking Iraq up into Kurdish, Shiite Arab and Sunni Arab regions to head off further bloodshed.

I say again, are they fucking retarded? Because seriously, read some fucking history. Think about Kosovo. Think about Palestine/Israel. Think about Rwanda. Think about the Holocaust, you jackass. Think about every other major ethnic or religious conflict that's taken place over the course of history. These situations always start because of the governmental differentiation between people of varying religious or ethnic backgrounds.

The smartest comment was from Mitt Romney regarding Iraq:

"We knew what we knew at the point we made the decision to get in," said Romney. "At this stage the right thing is to see if we can stabilize the central government."

Finally. It looks like all Republicans aren't complete morons.

A commentator reported that Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado had this to say:

White House political adviser Karl Rove called him in 2003 and told him that "because of my criticism of the president, I should never darken the doorstep of the White House."

Tancredo said he is "so disappointed" in the president that, if elected, he "would have to tell George Bush exactly the same thing Karl Rove told me."

A commentator had this to say about the upcoming election:

"Republicans will argue that leaving Iraq too soon will increase the threat of terrorism in the United States. Democrats will argue exactly the opposite -- that staying in Iraq increases the terrorist threat."

Amusingly, lightening struck during Giuliani's response to a question regarding his views on abortion:

"I've taken oaths of office to enforce the law. ... My view on abortion is that it's wrong, but government shouldn't be forcing that decision on a woman," Giuliani said.

These stats from the article:

An average of the latest national polls shows Giuliani leading the race, with about 30 percent support, followed by McCain at 22 percent, Fred Thompson at 12 percent and Romney at 10 percent. The rest of the announced candidates each came in at 2 percent or less.