Of all the awful indigenous creatures you have to contend with living in South Florida -- palmetto bugs, pterodactyl-sized mosquitoes, gators, the guy who owns the Maroone auto empire -- none is more grotesque than the area's special brand of hack politician.
And among that group, I'm not sure anyone is more loathsome than Hobbit-like anti-Castro crusader Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Hell). Whenever there's an issue that needs (or for that matter doesn't need) an injection of Miami's time-honored, bearded boogeyman in order to make it politically palatable to her prime constituency -- the area's aging Cuban exile community -- this yelping chihuahua can be counted on to grab the nearest microphone and crank the righteous indignation to 11.
It's because of this that one of my singular joys on election night was watching a new generation of South Florida voters reject, en masse, the ridiculous, fearful politics practiced by Ros-Lehtinen and her contemporaries in the House, the pompous-as-hell Diaz-Balart boys. Miami joined the ranks of every other city in the contiguous 48 by agreeing that there actually are more important things to think about right now than the comings and goings of Fidel and Raul.
Seeing Miami turn blue on November 4th was a blast.
As is hearing that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen just proved to the rest of the country what a dingbat she is.
The Politico: Ros-Lehtinen Hangs up on Barack Obama. Twice./12.3.08
ABC News: Ros-Lehtinen Misspells Obama and Emanuel's Name in Press Release/12.3.08
AP: Florida Rep "Flabbergasted" Obama Call Wasn't a Prank/12.4.08
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