Don't Go Into The Light

Yesterday I discussed my weekly visit to the swamps of the Huffington Post. While a lot of blogs have commented on Kennedy and Kerry inciting the eternally angry over at Daily Kos, the real hotbed of echodom is occuring under Arianna's flag.

During last week's State of the Union Address, President Bush called for setting aside partisanship and promoted a more civil approach to running the country. After the SOTU address, where did the Dems go to show how civil they can be? Huffington Post, of course. Kos isn't the only moonbat magnet on the web, you know. Here a list of some of the notables along with some examples of what they're echoing:

Rep. John Conyers:

"In a week where a journalist is being held hostage and another was seriously wounded, it is clear Iraq is falling apart and the President has no plan to get us out."

I guess he feels the bad fortune of two journalists are the sole indicator of our success or failure. Conyers gets a bonus quote from a post dripping with political envy:

"This was followed by the same old deceptions about his secret domestic spying program. His stubborn defense of lawlessness bears a striking resemblance to his defense of using fabricated intelligence to manipulate the nation into war."

He manages to tout two themes in one statement here. First, without so much as a hearing, much less an indictment, he repeats the Democrat mantra of "illegal" and "lawless" (you'll recall this from the same left that fought so hard to save a convicted killer in California not so long ago...).

Next is Rep. Hilda L. Solis:

"President Bush also spoke of reducing America’s dependency on foreign oil and being a democratic leader in the world, yet since he took office America’s dependency has increased by nearly 10 percent and he has engaged in a campaign to violate Americans’ civil liberties."

I love her ability to combine unrelated topics, don't you? And by the way, whose civil liberties have been violated? Have 'em step forward, please...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi:

"It Was a Nice Break from Reality TV"

"The State of the Union showed that once again, the President is choosing lobbyists and special interests over the American people."

Nice try, Nancy. Hard to buy that "special interest" crap from someone who sounds like a PR hack for NARAL and Planned Parenthood. Of course, if the wicked witch of the west didn't spend so much time watching TV, maybe she could produce an agenda for her constituency that consisted of something more substantial than "I hate Bush".

Sen. Russ Feingold:

"the explanations about the President's illegal program to spy on the American people were inadequate."

"the President just repeated his pattern of insisting that we should trust his leadership, while he takes a pass on the tough issues."

So much for being civil. Others you'll find on HuffPo:

Rep. John Murtha
Sen. John Kerry
Rep. Jim McDermott
Rep. George Miller
Sen. Harry Reid
Harry, as the leader of the Senate side of the Cut n' Run^TM party, stunningly admits to the lack of honor among liberals - "Democrats agree with the President when he says there is no honor in retreat."

Rep. Louise Slaughter
Rep. John F. Tierney

I think this is a very good thing for Republicans. As the Democrats continue to pander to the lunatic fringe of their party, they paint themselves as crazed idealogs and unattractive to the voting public.

This is going to be a very fun election year.