Quick take: The Pelosi attack, crass comments and all

 When I first saw the headline yesterday, I had the same reactions that many readers had.  Attacks on political leaders in this country are more common than we would like them to be, Pelosi herself is uniquely threatened given her position, "where's Nancy," and so forth.  And then... a hammer?  When a militia organized a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and put her on trial over COVID lockdowns, the participants in the plot were crazy, sure, but they were also organized ideologues, as terrorists are.  Some attacks on politicians and public figures, though, are made by people who are just fucking bonkers.  Think John Hinckley, who shot Reagan because in his weirdo head, it would impress Jodie Foster and he'd get a date with her.  (She hadn't come out yet, not that that would have mattered when you're that coo-coo.)

So, a hammer.  A... hammer.  Really?  I mean, the lefty impulse is to put David Depape in the same box as the organizers of the January 6 attacks, and draw a straight line from Trump to an attack on the House Speaker.  The question is where he fits on the organized terrorist to random wacko spectrum.  And that's what brings me back to... a... hammer?!

Hammers have been used as weapons before.  This is a thing that happens.  There was a high profile case in 2013 at George Washington University.  These things happen.  But if you're going to plan an attack on the Speaker of the House... um... really?  That's your plan?

And then we find out that he's a nudity activist (he lives in Berkeley, and it's a thing there), and that leads me to ask, where did he keep his hammer?

Point being, this guy may have dropped that hammer on his own head a few too many times.  Not an organized terrorist.  Although I suspect that his bedroom is pretty clean, rather than being strewn with dirty laundry.  Being, you know, a nudity activist.

We really need to hear from Tom DeLay on this, though.  Because, you know... his nickname was "The Hammer."  Also, if this dipshit didn't at some point yell, "it's HAMMER TIME!!!" while storming into the Pelosi house, throw the book at him.

OK, so I love bluegrass.  Do you  have any idea how many versions there are of "Nine Pound Hammer?"  I'm going to post a shitload of music here, and a bunch will be bluegrass, so for the Nine Pound Hammer clip, let's go with a slightly different one.  And then just a fuckload of hammer songs.  Stay until the end.  Trust me.