Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Oh, Mr. Schwartz, you are such an asshat

The story of the GOP delegate that was robbed of $50,000 by a beautiful woman who "drugged" him in a St. Paul hotel room has been making the rounds (see the Huffington Post). As the story goes, he invited the woman up to his hotel room during his stay for the convention, where she asked him to get undressed... after that he doesn't remember.

In any event, he reports that she stole about $50,000 of personal belongings.

What kind of asshat has $50,000 worth of personal belongings in his hotel room? What kind of personal belongings are worth a total of $50,000? Well...

The haul included a $30,000 watch, a $20,000 ring, a necklace valued at $5,000, earrings priced at $4,000 and a Prada belt valued at $1,000, police said.

First off all, this guy sounds like the biggest douchebag in the country. A $5,000 necklace? A $20,000 ring? That wasn't a wedding ring, either, the dude is single. Is a man that wears a $20,000 ring even remotely attractive?

Aside from the above evidence of asshattery, earlier in the week, he was interviewed randomly at the convention. His insights on foreign policy are especially illuminating.

"Less taxes and more war," he said, smiling. He said the U.S. should "bomb the hell" out of Iran because the country threatens Israel. Asked by the interviewer how America would pay for a military confrontation with Iran, he said the U.S. should take the country's resources. "We should plant a flag. Take the oil, take the money," he said. "We deserve reimbursement." He said an attack on Iran was needed to protect Israel, and he offered how it could be accomplished through "strategical airstrikes". "Hopefully, just bomb the hell out of them from the sky. No troops," he said.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you an asshat of the first order-- one dumb enough to get his rich ass robbed by a prostitute and committ the above statements to film. Bravo, asshat, bravo.