Putz's man crush on Austin Bay.

This is so darn cute:

A LOOK AT THE PROPHETIC AUSTIN BAY: He's a very smart guy. And, as I've noted before, he was more realistic than some.

Putz loves Austin Bay, because Bay is a one-note partisan who regularly ridicules Democrats while advancing the flimsiest GOP talking points ("We're winning in Iraq!"). Look at how Bay, for instance, excitedly and breathlessly announces Rick Santorum's glorious "discovery" of "WMD" in Iraq. What a scoop! Tell it, Austin!

I heard a report on Fox News about twenty minutes ago (5 PM Central) that Senator Rick Santorum claims coalition investigators in Iraq found chemical weapons — artillery shells filled with a chemical agent (perhaps sarin nerve agent)...If this pans out the categorical statements that “Iraq did not have Weapons of Mass Destruction” will be political millstones and albatrosses.

Oops.

Look, it's really pretty simple. Anyone who is naive or stupid enough to believe that The Frothy Mixture (who was well on the road to political oblivion at this point, which is why he was given this turd to float), and not, say, the President or Rumsfeld, would be handed the monumental task of publicly unveiling the discovery of actual WMD in Iraq shouldn't be allowed within 100 feet of a blog. And really, really shouldn't be called "very smart" or "prophetic."

Scroll down and laugh as it slowly sinks in that Santorum's dog-and-pony show was all a big goof. So sad. It's pretty bad when your big important national security scoop comes from Rick Santorum via Fox News -- and then you're actually surprised and disappointed that it turns out to be complete bullshit. His last post is priceless.

The administration needs to replace its tin media ear and get off its dense duff. 500 shells is small and likely Iran-Iraq or Desert Storm leftovers– but sarin is sarin.

Sarin isn't a weapon when it's over 16 years old, Austin.