I'm in Atlanta for another three or four hours. Right now I'm using a kiosk to update the website--actually it's not bad. Kind of comfy. has a printer and everything.
One comment. One trope being repeated right now is that Democrats are just full of meanness and anger and they are motivated entirely by hatred for President Bush. Funny how this trope wasn't on everybodies lips when President Clinton was attacked every single day.
But we are seeing a lot of hand wringing about how awful it is that Liberals are standing up for what they believe in. There's a story on the front page of USA today on it. According to USA Today, "The sudden emergence of an outspoken left wing may be the most surprising political development of the year. Until recently, liberalism could not have been more out of a vogue."
All I can say is its about damn time. Half of the reason I identify myself as a centrist leftist (as opposed to a simple Liberal) is the mean and hateful tone of the right wing. They describe liberals as communists or as "America haters" or as traitors without shame. And, note to you who want to give the benefit of the doubt; when Ann Coulter and her "fellow travellers" talk about liberals, she means every single Democrat, every single person who ascribes to even the most mild of liberals, not just Berkeley Marxists.
Let's remember this gem from Ms. Coulter. "We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors."
So maybe the fact that Al Franken says some mean things is alright with me. One thing Mr. Franken (or Joe Conason or Michael Moore) does not say is that all liberals need to be eliminated or physically intimidated.
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