Republican of the week (updated!)

Heard on the BBC World Service today, on a story involving the American election:

Female voter (from "a small town in the state of Oregon"): I don't know if I'm gonna vote for George Bush. I don't think he was tough enough. I woulda been in Iraq on 9/14 and blown them off the face of the earth!

(Short pause, perhaps as reporter's jaw drops)

Voter: Well, they attacked us!

BBC reporter: But Iraq didn't attack anybody. It was Al Qaeda.

Voter: Well, they're from there! Kill 'em!

And our runner-up: here's Senate candidate Alan Keyes on the wisdom of allowing gay marriage:

If we do not know who the mother is, who the father is, without knowing all the brothers and sisters, incest becomes inevitable.

And they say Nader's campaign is an ego trip. Keyes was eager to become the sacrificial lamb to the sure winner -- Democratic Convention keynoter Barack Obama, who became a shoo-in when his Republican opponent dropped out in a sex scandal -- and shoot off his mouth like this. We could run something funny from Keyes every week and never run out of fun.