This, from Rep. Gregg Harper (What? Who? There's a Rep. Gregg Harper?) is an extraordinarily douchey thing to say:

The latest edition of Politico's "Get To Know A Congressman" series features Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS). In the interview, Harper was asked about the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, which advocates for hunters and fisherman in Congress: POLITICO: What in the world does the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus do? HARPER: We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it does seem like a waste of good ammunition. Ironically, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), a co-chair of the caucus, has praised the group for being bipartisan. "Unlike some of the other activities in Washington, Republicans and Democrats reach across the aisle and join hands to work together, not as Republican or Democrat, but as sportsmen and women," he wrote.

Yes, it's painfully obvious that Harper is a dickbag and all. But what does it say about Sen. Ben Nelson as a judge of character? I guess you'd have to give him the benefit of the doubt, at least for a while. He probably has no idea who Harper is, so there's really now way of knowing that he's going to turn out to be one of those gun-as-substitute-for-johnson types. Hope Nelson speaks up and has something to say about this. Or at least privately thinks to himself, "Maybe bipartisanship isn't all it's cracked up to be. And Harper's a loser."