The Conservative Fool Of The Day is...Parker Griffith!

Oh look, everybody, the Republicans have finally gained their seat in Congress!

Parker Griffith is an Alabama congressman first elected in 2008 as a Democrat. But now he's switching parties to become a Republican.

I'm sure the Democrats - at least outside the DLC fold - are saying, "Good riddance, Parker." The 67-year-old congressman hasn't even supported a single major Democratic initiative since being elected. He even opposed the popular and effective stimulus package as well as financial regulatory reform.

Griffith was one of only 2 Democrats who voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that restored workers' ability to file equal pay suits. This despite the fact that Ledbetter lived in Griffith's home state!

It's a shame folks voted for Parker Griffith without knowing he'd turn their backs on them. It's also a shame the Democratic Party wasted all that money getting him elected. Granted, Alabama is one of very few states that's getting more Republican. (And Kentucky is not one of the others.) Even so, that doesn't mean Griffith isn't a total fool for wasting everyone's vote just to stab them in the back later.

Griffith's switch is actually the continuation of the Republicans' swirl down the johnnypot. By opposing the fair pay law, he only highlights the GOP's bottom-of-the-heart meanness.

(Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30896.html)