APOLOGIES - the posting I referenced was a satire - I am therefore deleting the contents of the diary - the person who notified me of the posting did not realize it. We should now unrecommend the diary. Please see below the fold for a quotation from the home page.

I want to thank NewDealDemocrat and others who brought this to my attention. And I apologize to the DailyKos community for not having verified that the quotation was real. That is on me.

Apologies.

I will leave the diary up so that people's comments will remain, because there is material that is relevant.

Please unrecommend.

One more thing - I will not post a diary tomorrow. I should take some additional responsibility for how I exposed this community to ridicule.

and one more - I have emailed Rep. Merrill an apology for what I did.