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Sorry, Jack. We’ll give you props for going on “Real Time with Bill Maher” and shooting the breeze, but you should try to lay off the GOP talking points while you prep in the green room. On his Friday appearance on the HBO show, Kingston — joined by David Frum, the poetic former speechwriter for President George W. Bush — decided to talk about a bunch of stunning, startling information about Barack Obama: He refuses to pledge allegiance to the flag! He doesn’t wear a flag pin on his lapel!

Only problem, Rep. Kingston, is that you’re wrong. (Click here for Kingston getting called out by Maher later that evening for not wearing a flag pin on his own lapel.) There are plenty of other neat idiot statements, including the “Barack Hussein Obama” line.

To the dunderheads running our country, I raise a glass to thee.

(Hat tip to Crooks and Liars)

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After liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org ran a newspaper ad questioning the loyalty and patriotism of U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., voted for a House resolution condemning the group.

After conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh referred to soldiers who oppose the Iraq war as “phony soldiers,” Kingston reacted quite differently.

“The left has long targeted conservative talk radio and in particular, Rush Limbaugh.”

— From “Jack’s Blog” on Kingston’s House of Representatives website

“Commending Rush Hudson Limbaugh III for his ongoing public support of American troops serving both here and abroad. Recognizing Mr. Limbaugh for his relentless efforts to build and maintain troop morale through worldwide radio broadcasts and personal visits to conflict regions.”

— From a House resolution supporting Limbaugh submitted by Kingston on Oct. 1

“He has a right to speak out and say what he thinks.”

— Kingston, defending Limbaugh in the New York Times

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