Hearthrob

Ok. I admit it. I like George Clooney. Actually, I like George Clooney alot. I didn't hear his apparently off-color joke about Jack Abramoff at the Golden Globes, but it seems to me you'd be hard pressed to say anything - to anyone - that could be more offensive than Abramoff's behavior.

And, unlike Congressional Democrats, Clooney isn't backing down. Everytime he says something that riles up some right wing yahoo, the corporate media just begs him to apologize. "Get right with O'Reilly, son," they tell him. "Don't you feel bad about insulting the thugs, crooks, liars and whores of the Republican party? Repent, young man. Repent."

And every time he tells them, politely and calmly, to jam it.

Be still, my beating heart.