OK, this is the kind of thing I never expect to read (or hear) from someone on the left (a liberal, a Democrat, pick the label you like best). One member of a self-identified group openly criticizing one of his own and demanding his immediate resignation.
In fact, one of the things I loathe most about liberals is their inability to find fault of any kind with one of their own (other than Joe Lieberman of course, and that's only because he's not liberal enough).
Trent Lott praises an old man on his birthday at a private party? He has to go.
Dick Durbin compares the U.S. military to Nazis and Stalinist Gulag keepers on the Senate floor? He stays.
Rush Limbaugh criticizes the media for being in love with Donovan McNabb because he's a black QB? He's gone within 24 hours.
Bryant Gumble mocks the Olympic athletes and says the coverage is boring because it's too white? He stays.
Jimmy Carter dubbs the election of Hamas as "valid?" The left says "Well then it must be so!"
George Bush dubbs the election of an Iraqi parliament "valid?" The left says "He's a fool, what a joke!"
Pat Robertson says radical Islam is "satanic?" All hell (ironically) breaks loose on both sides of the aisle.
Hillary Clinton claims to know what Jesus would do about illegal immigration? She's an icon of compassion for the left.
Do I really need to go on???
There seems to be a total lack of self-awareness on the left. There's a good reason or excuse for every blunder, every slip of the tongue, every grandiose claim. I'm happy to say the same is NOT true for the conservatives with whom I identify.
Posted by insomnomaniac at March 24, 2006 6:57 PM | TrackBack