Hypocrisy; or, why Saxby Chambliss should just STFU

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has some advice for President Barack Obama: show some "humility."

In his health-care reform address tonight, "I think he's gonna have to express some humility based on what we've seen around the country this August and that's not his inclination."

Really? Actually, I find Obama to be a deeply humble man. He's incredibly intelligent, yes, not to mention deeply charismatic, but he also knows that there's a lot he doesn't know, that life is itself a learning process.

Well, he's certainly more humble than, oh, say, Saxby Chambliss, who, you may remember, attacked decorated Vietnam War vet and then-incumbent Max Cleland, a Democrat, for not being tough enough on national security. Yes, Max Cleland, a decorated war hero who lost both legs and an arm. Even Republicans were appalled. John McCain called one of the ads in question "worse than disgraceful" and "reprehensible," while Chuck Hagel called the ads "beyond offensive."

How humble one must be to attack a real American hero like Max Cleland for personal political gain.