As a reader of the moderate voice, I count myself lucky to read at least some theoretically “centrist” posts, and I do visit a few other conservative sites, even some way-right sites like PowerLine Blog. (I'm friends with Hinderaker's brother, Eric.) Generally they are furious at the mistreatment by the “left” and the audacity of the mainsteam media to have “won” this election for the liberals.

However when I see this quote by Lady Logician proclaiming the hatred of the left and the condencending scolding regarding the mix-up of attacking ideals versus character, I have to absolutely laugh at the hypocrisy of that statement when I remember, right up to the last moment, about my candidate and thus, directly, me, being “unAmerican,” “unpatriotic,” “Marxist,” “Muslim,” “terrorist-sympathizing,”godless,” “elite,” “out of touch with the REAL America.” Value-demonstrating GOP “issues and ideology” versus the left's typical demonization? Give me a break.

I just can't say it any better than Glenn Greenwald when he describes how the deeply-entrenched right is already proclaiming it's decree that the new administration will necessarily need to become “center-right” in order to enjoy the privileges of governing the country and to enjoy the support of moderate Republicans. They even suggest that the reason his campaign was successful was because he became more “center-right.” Of course the week before he was chastised as being the most radically liberal politician to ever step foot in Washington, or in the history of the world for that matter (when he wasn't too busy palling around with terrorists.)

Thank you Karl Rove for perfecting a machine of smear, fear-mongering, hatred and divisiveness, the celebration of incompetency, the contempt for evidence, and best of all and as a result of your brilliant intuition, the fatigue of the larger percentage of Americans to those very ideas. I thank you for the Democratic victory this season.

I do want to point out that the tone of your post has the usual blindness to the ugliness of the right, as if they're still a bunch of dignified George Wills. I only remember one speech last night where mention of the opponent drew boos, and it wasn't delivered in Chicago.

I will NOT stoop to the level of hatred toward President Obama that the progressive movement stooped to with President Bush. There will be no cries of “selected not elected”, no bumper stickers calling for impeachment over any slight, no “Not MY President”, no “Don’t Blame Me I Voted McCain” or “Somewhere in Illinois a village is missing it’s idiot”. None of that.

I guess us loons on the left had no good reason to not like George Bush. I guess he didn't hire cronies that let New Orleans drown, he didn't invade Iraq over the advice of more moderate Republicans like Powell, he didn't authorize torture or warrantless surveillance of US citizens, he didn't ignore reports about Osama Bin Laden, he didn't add trillions to the national debt, he didn't push deregulation of Wall Street. That's egg on my face. So I guess the only question left is whether Bush is a great president or the greatest president.

The reason there will be no cries of “selected not elected” is because Obama clearly won the election, no hanging chads, Supreme Court decisions, dubious electronic voting machines.

There will be “Not MY President” stickers and tshirts. There already are http://tinyurl.com/63wlv6 I could hardly care if this guy chooses to wear them or not.

Obama hasn't done anything bad yet, though it's entirely possible he will, but right now “Don’t Blame Me I Voted McCain” paraphernalia would be premature.

And whatever you think of Obama he clearly isn't stupid, so a tshirt emblazoned with “Somewhere in Illinois a village is missing it’s idiot” would say much more about the person wearing it than Obama.