More Dems than not ostentatiously distanced themselves from the MoveOn.org ad. Feckless of them in my opinion, but that’s the Dems for you these days.

GOP’ers, on the other hand, offer resolutions in support of Rush and, with the notable exception of McCain and Romney, decline to distance themselves from him.

Rush is increasingly becoming the face of the GOP.

what i’m getting tired of is the repubbbs do something sleazy, then the dems do the same sort of thing, and then people all cry about how they are tired of the sleazy things the politicians do.

why aren’t all you high-minded moderates decrying the bs the repubbbs do in the first place, so the dems don’t feel that they have to fight fire with fire?

if the so-called middle would stand up to the loony right and call them on their underhanded tactics when they happen, then i wouldn’t be so quick to support the dems when they fire back with the same sort of stuff.

but the dems can’t just stand there and let their opponent break the rules of civil discourse without pulling some sneaky counterpunches.

call out limbaugh for his hyperbole, and then moveon won’t have to resort to hyperbole to get attention for their arguements.

And I’m wondering, am I the only one with a recurring mental image of Looney Tunes cartoons as I think about our current politicians? Yosemite Sam chasing Bugs with a pistol…exit stage right…then Bugs coming after Sam with a cannon…then a bigger cannon aimed at Bugs by Sam…then Bugs manages to tie the muzzle of the cannon into a knot so that it blows up in Sam’s face…

If it all weren’t so pathetic, it would be quite amusing.

Moveon.org is an organization of private citizens expressing their first amendment rights.

They are both entitled to do so. However they both represent political groups and as such they both are held accountable for what they say.

That is all that is going on here. Accountability. That still matters.

I think.

I have already been in contact with my congressman who assures me he will be putting forward a counter Congressional resolution commending me for my support for and vigilance of all things monkeyish.

And, BTW, thanks for the laugh intermission. It’s very therapeutic.
I sometimes forget how funny crazy people can be at times. (I should look in the mirror more.)

A serendipitous typo, that brings a wonderful image to mind of Limbaugh standing on a streetcorner screaming into his shoe…a recently deinstitutionalized patient off his meds.

“I’ve shipped off so many letters of protest to my reps, my fingers have blisters (almost).”

No?! Hahahaha…at the rate this absurd farce is progressing, Domajot, your fingers will be bloody stumps by election day.

You get 20 points for an excellent sense of humor.

Heh-heh-heh….

I am shocked and appalled by your vicious smear on Marlowes, Truflo. Shocked and appalled….

That you should imply that I would be cruel to monkeys by forcing them to listen to Limbaugh & Co. is simply too outrageous for words (though yes, I might have said it…but that is beside the point…).

That is why, as of this morning, I am calling on Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi to initiate a Congressional resolution condemning in no uncertain terms Truflo’s unwarranted, unmitigated and unprecedented smear on Marlowes.

I’ve shipped off so many letters of protest to my reps, my fingers have blisters (almost).

We’re living in a country where the screamers rule and those like Lynx and Marlowe are pushed to the side. The media has no interest in explaining a war that is complex and in all likelihood impossible to resolve. The dogfight is easier to report and, if we’re honest, far preferred by a majority of their audiences.

Outside of the 29 percenters, no one believes we’re going in the right direction and everyone with a brain realizes that with a stalled congress and a deaf administration, nothing is getting better any time soon.

BTW, cruelty to animals is still a crime, Marlowe.

Bush and the GOP wanted a diversion from the issue of the war – which they seem unable to do anything about – & MoveOn provided it.

Democrats in Congress and campaigning wanted a diversion from the issue of the war – which they seem unable to do anything about (and which is infuriating their anti-war base at them) – & Limbaugh provided it.

Beyond the “pox on both your houses” view…another important feature of this clash is its incorporating the two most powerful elements in the Left & Right arsenal today: the continually “shocked & appalled” Left Internet-based fronts (MoveOn; MediaMatters) and conservative Talk radio. Different media…different ideologies…but the same self-interest promoted by controversy and polarization.

It would be pleasant if they could be shipped to a desert island, where they could happily denounce each other for an audience of monkeys, and let everyone have their coffee in peace.

Congress should NOT be in the business of condemning or commending what any private citizen or citizen group chooses to say. We’re neck deep in debt, with a health care crisis and a war that is getting harder and longer by the day. Congress has about 1 million different things that urgently need their attention the whole 4 days a week they aren’t fundraising.

And while I’m on my rant, can we please stop pretending that they psyche of a soldier is like a fine glass flower? Think of it this way, you’re 25, you have a spouse and a young child that by now mostly knows you through pictures. You’re on your third tour, and have already seen 4 or 5 of your buddies die. You’re driving in your un-armoured hummer praying that the guy who just smiled at you before ducking in a house isn’t calling up his friends right now for them to lay out the IED. It’s a friggen oven and you’ve just been told that your leave has been delayed….again. In that situation, do you think that you give a rats ass what some people with way too much time on their hands put in an ad on the NYT or what some fat-ass whose never been in uniform said on the radio? You have bigger concerns, really.