Is Politics "just a game" to you?

[Atticus]

I am not a wild-eyed obsessive with a single-minded devotion to all things left of center. But, I am definitely left of center and I am serious about it. For example, the election thefts of 2000 and 2004 deeply, truly and permanently pissed me off. And, like Natalie said, I still "ain't ready to make nice". Any smirking Bushbot who made the mistake of telling me to "get over it" was likely to get handed their ass---figuratively speaking, of course.

So, I have a problem with so-called pundits and commentators who are falling all over themselves to be "nice" or "decent" to some of the most reptilean, mean-spirited gold-plated anal sphincters ever to accept corporate contributions! Why, for example, are we repeatedly subjected to the likes of Tom Delay, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney? How about Bob Barr, Ari Fleischer or Karen Hughes?

From long experience we know that these neo-con whores can be counted on to 1.) excuse any wrongdoing by any Republican, from sex with pages to unprovoked war and genocide, and 2.) condemn any action or words by any Democrat or, if nothing actually said or done moves them, they'll just make it up as they go along.

Should these people be treated with respect by, say, Chris Mathews? Or, if they MUST be heard from, should they be treated with the same degree of "respect" shown to Glenn Beck by Whoopi today? ("You are a lyin' sack of dog mess!")

In any contest between tolerance and intolerance, intolerance MUST win if both sides adhere to their core beliefs without exception. We must make an exception, as liberals with common sense, and resolve NOT to be tolerant of those who refuse to accord us that same respect. Criminals, torturers, traitors and corporate pimps should be called by their names, interrupted, shouted down and laughed at IF they are even given the opportunity to speak off the FOX reservation.

We all know that most of the Bush administration should be in prison. Let's stop pretending they are elder statesmen with valuable insights to share. Thank God for Code Pink and others with the guts and time to "haunt" people like Rumsfeld whenever they dare show their face in public!