More "Hurricane Mullane" Hackery

I'm not quite sure what happened to J.D. Mullane after the Democratic primary victories in the campaigns for the U.S. Congress last November. Perhaps he utterly lost his mind. Perhaps he was pummeled unmercifully by his freeper pals over the fact that he suggested that former president Clinton come to Bucks County to campaign with Patrick Murphy, which Clinton did, helping Patrick in the process.

I say this because he has absolutely plummeted to journalistic depths previously unseen, though I will admit that the bar was set pretty low for him to begin with.

I supposed the pitiable hosanna to his hero Ronnie Reagan was expected, as was perhaps his claim that disapproval of Dubya is "wide, but not deep," and maybe blaming baby boomers, most notably Clinton again for apparently not resolving all that ails the world in a manner that is satisfactory to J.D., is just something we should chalk up to his blinkered partisanship (but let's not forget that J.D., despite all of this, did manage to apologize to a dead blonde ingénue recently for some imagined offense - and I'm sure Smith heard J.D.'s pleadings in dead, well-moneyed bimbo heaven or wherever she is residing in her afterlife).

And now today, we have Mullane stating the following regarding the 50-mile backup and chaos in Route I-78 in the PA snow this week (for which Gov. Ed Rendell has forcefully apologized and promised an inquiry, though this gives Mullane an opportunity to bare his utterly partisan stripes for all to see):

Statehouse Republicans should ride this one. “I-78” is a Valentine gift that will keep giving. It will do this because the story is amazing.

Yes, this looks bad for Rendell because it most certainly is NOT the way he wants to be remembered in his second and final term in office. And he is on the hook for this, which he admits.

But Mullane uses this as an excuse to drudge up all of his boilerplate Repug-simpatico "ills" with Rendell here, as follows...

Sure, turn Pennsylvania into Las Vegas East with slots gambling. Raise taxes faster than Fast Eddie can gobble a cheesesteak. But screw up the average guy's routine commute from here to the mall and there will be hell to pay.

OK, J.D., party on - you were in borderline territory so far. However, you went out of bounds with this moment of ink-stained excess...

A minor snowstorm for which we had five days' notice turned a 50-mile stretch of Pennsylvania highway into a scene reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina.

Uh, no J.D. I've seen the pictures and reports of the I-78 mess. They bear no resemblance whatsoever to the devastation of Katrina's aftermath.

And if you don't want to believe me, fine. Watch this YouTube video of Lucinda Williams' "World Without Tears" once more with scenes that we all know too well, though perhaps not you, J.D., you soulless shill (may have to adjust the volume).



Update 3/2/07: And by the way, J.D., here is what our state government did in response (though you didn't devote a word to it, of course).