Nerve

From SwingState via Kos, I saw this story of ingratitude and sheer balls. Senator Conrad Burns (R-Montana), while in the Billings Airport, confronted a group of firefighters from Virginia, telling them that they had done a “poor job” of battling the recent blazes in Montana.

I think that remark moves Mr. Burns into contention for the title of Biggest Asshole in the Senate. Burns is already neck deep in the Abramoff corruption scandal and well on his way to losing to Jon Tester this fall. Hopefully, this bit of nastiness will be another nail in his political coffin.