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No doubt somebody at the RNC thought it would be a clever idea, since Nancy Pelosi is feuding with the CIA, to run an ad comparing Pelosi to a James Bond villainess up against the superspy -- as in Bond's many screen-credit sequences wherein he blasts away at various villains.

You would think, somewhere, someone would have suggested that maybe having a sequence where we look at Pelosi down the barrel of a gun, hear shots fired, and then watch blood drip down our screens wasn't exactly the smartest or most responsible way to

Jaysus. What is it about right-wingers and their Pelosi assassination fantasies anyway. Eliminationism much, ya think?

[H/t Chris Harris at Media Matters.]

Eddie Izzard on James Bond. Fab. Open thread below...

Blah3: Horror stories from Afghanistan

CQ Politics: God's James Bond

JURIST: Serbia prosecutors searching for rioters behind the US Embassy attack

washington independent: Walter Reed gets some Disney Magic

Shakesville: A strong, brave woman fighting leukemia - can you help?

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: al Qaeda in Albuquerque, MAL Contends, Only Sayin', Change Any1thing,

No more James Bond for the pinheads at table seven... (h/t Mr. M.)

Others might have been taken in by the sheer, overwhelming "factiness" of the Jamie Leigh Jones rape/kidnapping/extortion case, but not the Heroes of the Wingnut State. John Swift (satire, but still) takes up the tale:

… Indeed, if the terrorists wanted to undermine the war effort and destroy Western Civilization as we know it, this would be the perfect way to do it. Find an intelligent, attractive young woman to claim she was gang raped by contractors who work at the Vice President's company, and then get a Republican congressman and the State Department to back up part of her story. It's brilliantly evil and almost foolproof! There was just one thing these clever terrorists didn't count on: bloggers like Shackleford, Curt and Ace who would see right through their fiendish plan. …

Jon Swift has links to the right wing bloggers in question, as we don't like to link them here, ahem....

I'm sure Jacoby would do whatever they said and I mean anything if they held a gun to his head. These cowards know no bounds,

Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Olaf Wiig announced their acceptance of Islam on a videotape released by their kidnappers -- ``because they had the guns," Centanni later said, ``and we didn't know what the hell was going on." Whether their acquiescence was an act of cowardice or of prudence, reasonable people can debate. Clearly it wasn't their only choice. If I were ever told, with a gun to my head, to recite the Shahada or die, I hope I would have the courage to take the bullet...

The Italian that died is an incredible story, but surely any sane person would realize it was a propaganda film and understand the duress these reporters felt. He's so brave with a keyboard in his hand. Let's get this straight. All reporters should have a James Bond type cyanide pill implanted in their teeth so they can kill themselves from now on. Has Jacoby got one? Here's his email jacoby@globe.com. He's so proud of the article, but be nice... Mark Steyn is no better.