American Spectator's Hypocrite of the Month

The American Spectator has named Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter "hypocrite of the month" saying, "Take it away, Carol, you maniac, you. You've really, really earned it."

NowHampshire.com explains:

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter lashed out at South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson for his outburst before a joint session of Congress last week and at Republicans in general for vocally opposing President Barack Obama’s health reform initiative while speaking at the Strafford County Democratic Party Picnic this weekend.

“They were behaving in a way we never behave,” Shea-Porter told the enthusiastic group of party faithful.

Shea-Porter claimed Democrats never interrupted President George W. Bush while he was addressing Congress.

“We sat there quietly and politely because that’s what we owe the President of the United States,” she said.

This is not true.

Democratic members of Congress lustily booed President Bush during his 2005 State of the Union Address.

What’s more, Shea-Porter herself once had to be forcibly removed from a Bush speaking engagement in Portsmouth, NH for causing disruptions and wearing a shirt that read “Turn Your Back on Bush.”

Prior to that, Shea-Porter was a permanent fixture at then-incumbent Republican Congressman Jeb Bradley’s town hall meetings where she regularly disrupted the constituent events to criticize America’s war effort. She actually boasted of this activity during her 2006 campaign for Congress.

This award could really go to lots of Democrats who have suddenly discovered decorum after eight years of bad behavior.