The reverse swear jar

Oliver Willis has posted an audio clip of Sean Hannity calling Congressman Jim Moran an asshole. Personally, I can't tell what Rep. Moran (D-Northern Virginia) did to piss off Hannity, but I feel strongly compelled to reward his good behavior. I jumped over to his site and threw him $25.

I thought of Patrick Leahy. Somehow, he managed to make the Vice President of the whole country tell him "Go Fuck Yourself!" on the floor of the Senate. Cool. A very overdue $25 to Leahy for Vermont!

So attention to all Democratic elected officials, here is my modest proposal. I call it the reverse swear jar. If you can tick off a prominent Republican enough to make them swear at you, I'll toss you some cheddar.

Here's how it works:

- We're talking about prominent Republicans here. I can't get out the big bad wallet every time some school board member loses his cool.

- The amount goes up based on the prominence of the official, how pious they profess to be, and the intensity of the tirade. Make Hugh Hewitt call you a fucking bastard, and that's worth $50. $100 is about right for Rick Santorum calling you a motherfucker. $200 if Rush Limbaugh refers to you as a motherfucking cocksucker. And I'll pay crazy bucks if anyone can get Randall Terry led away in a straightjacket after letting loose a blue streak that would make Denis Leary shiver.

- The ghost of Richard Nixon is exempt from this offer.

So gentlemen start your engines. Abuse Mark Souder about his cool sweater collection. Bug the Bugman. Mess with Texas. Be creative! And keep me posted. This could be fun! And if anyone wants to match me on this, put it it the comments!

Update: Wonkette shows that Randall may be more brittle than I thought.