The First Amendment Comes to Kentucky

The dumbest politician of the year award is a close call. One nominee would be Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland, who, in a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, spoke eloquently of his co-sponsorship of a bill to put up copies of the Ten Commandments in public buildings--and then could name only three of the then commandments when asked by Colbert.

But Westmoreland seems to be outdone by Kentucky governor Ernie Fletcher, who was elected on a promise to" clean up the mess in Frankfort" and promptly pardoned a host of his top aides after they were indicted. Now, Fletcher is making news after his cabinet secretary banned state employees' access to an anti-Fletcher political blog--even though pro-Fletcher blogs weren't blocked. Somehow, I don't think we'll be seeing a second Fletcher term.