No offense to any Texans who might be reading, but you guys have got some real winners down there. First you sic both the Bush boys on us, and now you've got David Dewhurst creating a political stir.

Seems Mr. Dewhurst wanted to hammer home the message that he's a blue-blooded patriot, which should be reason enough to elect him to the office of lieutenant governor as well as keep people's confidence in him as newly-appointed Head of Homeland Security, so he took a four-page ad in Texas Monthly telling everyone what a great American he is. Apparently, his graphic designer wasn't too convinced of this, as one of the four pages of the spread showed a picture of a man in uniform standing in front of an American flag. Too bad the man was wearing the uniform of the Luftwaffe -- the German Air Force.

No one on Dewhurst's campaign caught it, but the local papers all did. The Dallas Morning News ran a story on it featuring a quote from a campaign aide, who said the graphics designer "has been dealt with appropriately." Can we say "sacked"? Can we say "will never work on a political campaign ad again"? I knew we could...