A stroke of sheer, utter genius has caused wingnut chaos in the Tennessee State Assembly. Via Wonkette:
The assembly was prepared to elect some insane wingnut as House Speaker today to carry out this righteous agenda, until the Democrats, at the very last minute, all voted for a moderate Republican, and this moderate Republican voted for himself, and now he is House Speaker!
The Nashville Post has some excellent background, but the short version is that the Republicans held a 50-49 majority, and all 49 Democrats voted for Republican Kent Williams. Williams’ …