Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Glenn Greenwald is - dare I say - en fuego*
Greenwald has two most excellent (said in Montgomery Burns voice) posts today. The first, "Jonah Goldberg speaks out against demonization tactics," details, through the example of Jonah Goldberg’s latest rant about the Israel vs. Hezbollah guerrilla war, the typical right wing hypocrisy of decrying Hitler references and demonization tactics coming from the right’s enemies while engaging in exactly the same tactics themselves. Hey Jonah, as George Carlin once said, "Let’s not have a double standard here! One standard will do just fine!"
The second post, "Breaking: Mel Gibson’s Liberalism exposed!" shows that when conservatives want to throw somebody under the proverbial bus, they are quick to call them a "librul." And just in case the knuckle-draggers are a bit slow on the uptake, they liken the "former conservative" to Michael Moore. (bonus points for making a "Michael Moore is fat LOL!!!!!11!!!1!1!!" joke)
Or as Digby put it much earlier and much better than I:
There is no such thing as a bad conservative. "Conservative" is a magic word that applies to those who are in other conservatives’ good graces. Until they aren’t. At which point they are liberals.
Be sure to check both posts out. They’re very informative.
*With apologies to Dan Patrick.
