Think Progress brings us this little gem:

On Monday, Republican lawmakers visiting Iraq tried to argue that President Bush’s escalation in Iraq has made Baghdad — especially the Shorja market — safer. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) told reporters that Shorja — where a suicide bomber killed 88 people in January — is now “like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime.”

Now this is really funny. I live 10 minutes from the Indiana border and have been to many outdoor markets there. I have never once seen people walking around in flak jackets, or need to be accompanied by over 100 soldiers, or need Apache helicopters flying over head.

Why can’t these assholes just tell the truth once? Oh yeah – because votes trump the truth. Did Jesus preach that?