Comments from the Left IV

The Gadflyer: Yes, Virginia, There is a Silver Lining:

"Finally, there is this. At the end of the day Republicans won close Senate races and the presidency principally by appealing to fear, hate, and prejudice. Well-meaning, non-homophobic Republicans may rationalize this by saying that it's a small price to pay for a strong leader who will keep them safe. (Ahem.) But they know better. They know better when they avoid the subject with their gay friends, and they know better when they hear the bile coming from the religious leaders and everyday bigots they depend on for votes but wouldn't be caught dead associating with. Deep down they know a tax cut isn't worth a soul, and security without principles is meaningless. They fought, and won, dirty. And they know it. Democrats may not be entirely clean on the subject - if one is not homophobic it doesn't make much sense to be against gay marriage - but the bottom line is we didn't try and get a president elected by pandering to hate. I'd rather lose every god damn election in my lifetime than win their way. But the beauty is, we can win without doing that. We did in 2000, and we came within a whisker of doing so this year. Remember that when the DLC tells us that we need to sell out gays (after telling us to sell out unions, and blacks, and the poor, and all the other, well, Democrats out there) to win the support of Bible-thumping bigots in Alabama that are never going to vote for us anyway. That's wrong, on every level."

Speaking of reality, "...but the bottom line is we didn't try and get a president elected by pandering to hate." What was "Bush is a Nazi!"; "Bush will bring back the draft!"; "All the Bushies are evil!"; "Bush will steal the elderly's Social Security!"; and, oh - by the way - most of the content of this post from the Gadflyer! It sure looks like hate to me. But I forgot, the left is immune to hypocrisy.