Thanks for your graciousness.

Just to add insult to injury (for me), there is this: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/cnn-news/17...

I should have seen this coming, and had I not been in such a black mood, I would have treated it with appropriate skepticism.

My conduct and language was unnecessary, and I am sorry for any offense given.

AR

Yes, I'm a delusional idiot- thanks for your very rational assessment. No matter that I have criticized my party in Congress for being too timid and covering their own hides . No matter that I rejected tactics that include hacking into an opponent's email or spreading unsubstantiated rumors about Palin's last pregnancy. No matter that I condemned Dems like Rep Mahoney and Dollar Bill. Yes, I get it— and at last I'm hearing from an unbiased source like yourself.

And why all the vitriol? As far as I know no one has used the F word or abused you verbally. A bit thin-skinned aren't we???

I tried playing 'nice' as i said I would, but no one else from the Left (at least here) was willing to play nice back. So fuck you all – back to old school style.

It's really hilarious that this follows the claim to be rational. Thank you for proving my point for me. In fact the basis of your posts seems to be hyper-partisan, overly emotional, hateful and full of demonization of those who disagree with you. In other words, perfectly representational of most Republican politics since the Age of Newt. And somehow after that last post I doubt you'll find lots of defenders around here. Wouldn't you really be happier at Power Lines or Hot Air?

And I am acting and thinking quite rationally for some time. I tried playing 'nice' as i said I would, but no one else from the Left was willing to play nice back. So fuck you all – back to old school style.

And I will be more than happy to comment on a relevant thread when one of the top-level posters grows a set of balls and discusses the misdeeds and hate from the Left.

In the meantime, I think I will wait for Chavez to announce he is endorsing McCain. It is likely to be shorter wait.

At least condemn it wherever you see it without the constant need for tit for tat. It could go on forever– like I could tell you about the tire slashing of 2 dozen Obama supporters. Elections seem to bring out the worst in the worst of us- but what happened at Palin;s rallies- she does not condemn- and instead actually incited.

I see no outrage, or even a distancing, at the violence and hate from the Left. I have been told repeatedly and recently here is only a Right vice. Well, of course that is true if we only pay attention to the kooks on the Right, and try to pass them off as mainstream, while burying any references to the excess of the Left fanatical core.

As much as I don't think McCain would be a good President, and agree that Palin is a political joke, there is a part of me that is desperate for them to win, just to see the freak-out on the Left that will occur, and to wipe the smugness from you all.