Dickhead of the Week - Virgil Goode

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I've been lax about both the posting and the handing out of DotW awards, so I'm doing a quickie.

I'm late to this party, but in fairness to myself, I knew about the story yesterday from a cursory glance at the New York Times, and then read more on Yahoo!. Titivil (link to the right) also added some lovely snark to the festivities.

Anyway, Congressman Virgil Goode from Virginia wrote a letter to constituents stoking their fear of Islam, immigrants, and even interior design. You see, newly elected Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison is the first Muslim elected to Congress. And Virgil Goode spoke (wrote) out against him, somehow linking his election to immigration (mrrr?).

I'm making this quick, but I strongly encourage you to do a search for the story at Yahoo! News, and read Titivil or Wonkette (who's got the letter in its entirety).

The worst part might be the prose of the letter itself. He clearly doesn't have a competent writer on staff. Or his writer is on vacation and he took a little stab at it himself. It's really all over the fucking place.

Hey, Virgil (and in this case I mean the Virgil formerly known as Ballpeen Hammer - link to the right)! This man gives Virgils a bad name. Parry!

In Dickhead-turned-Shitbird news, Tom DeLay now has a blog. TomDelay.com, of course. I haven't yet read his writing because when I go to the website, I can't scroll down past the enormity of his name across the top. Man, even his typeface is full of ego. I'm also tempted to add him to my list of bald links. I'd like to start a rumor that he wears a rug.