The Fun-Loving Federalist Society

Mil Apodos sends this link, which serves as a fun reminder that Mitt Romney is a true Bush Republican-- pitch yourself as a moderate, but legislate like a neo-fascist.

BOSTON --Republican Gov. Mitt Romney was introduced as head of a state run by the "KKK ... the Kerry, Kennedy Klan" before a speech Thursday in Washington, words that sparked criticism from Massachusetts Democrats and a rebuke from Romney himself.

"It's not appropriate to joke about the Ku Klux Klan," Romney said in a phone interview from Washington after his luncheon address to the Federalist Society.

Romney branded the remarks "ill-advised" and "inappropriate."

Romney laughed along with the audience, The Boston Globe reported in a story for Friday's edition, and thanked the speaker for "a very generous introduction."

The governor insisted he wasn't really paying attention to the introduction.

"I was looking at my notes and preparing for my speech at the time," Romney said.

State Democratic Party chairman Phil Johnston, who has criticized Romney for making Massachusetts the butt of jokes as a liberal bastion during his out-of-state travel as he considers a run for president, said he was outraged that Romney could find any humor in the remarks referring to Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry invoking the KKK.

"It is embarrassing that Gov. Mitt Romney would laugh at any joke that disparages Catholics, African Americans, and Jews," Johnston said. "This is just further evidence of the lengths this governor will go to ridicule the people of this state in order to advance his own political fortunes."

The Federalist Society is among the nation's most influential conservative legal organizations, an important constituency for Romney if he decides to run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008. Several senior members of the Bush administration are members.

The KKK joke? I dont' care that it isn't PC. The thing is, it isn't the least bit funny-- just typical of "conservative" humor. And Romney is a total phony, with his too-late contrition and chickenshit "Gee, I didn't even hear that" copout.

But who else does the Federalist Society love? Implicated CIA leaker Karl Rove (for blowing an agent's cover, which Bush, Sr. called treason), Bush's master dirty trickster who learned at the knee of Nixon. He earned a "hero's welcome" from the group, who gave him a standing ovation.

Rove was there to talk about the dangers of civil rights for gays, the importance of appointing judicial activists, and other all-American causes. And the crowd goes wild.