[island_dude]

While I know that there is plenty of Hate on either side of the political spectrum, I have never seen the magnitude of ill will coming from the right these days. It seems that it sharply increased during the Clinton years and hasn't abated since. 9/11 gave the right an excuse to push an us vs. them approach to the world. This is getting old, and it represents a double standard. We get the same crap over and over again: attacks from the cast of characters are justified since they are "true" (although that is usually a streach), but any statement polite or not disagreeing with these positions is an unjustified attack on the right.

It isn't even confined to inter-party attacks. The 2000 primary election attacks on McCain showed that in spades. There is a crowd of control freaks and losers who need to pushed out of power, and soon. Honor and dignity has suposedly been restored to the office of the president. During the Clinton years the main "scandal" was a 30year old deal that had no direct impact on the presidency. It eventually morphed into the Lewinsky thing. The partisans figured they had CLinton in a bind on that one. After all, he did actually lie under oath. The American people didn't buy it. The partisans are still seething over it. Meanwhile, we have had a FEMA crony fired for gross incompetence (he probably has blood on his hands for it too), and an administration official arrested in office on criminal charges associated with his official duties! I think that is a first for any administration.

So give me a break here. I am not buying this line.

BTW I am not a member of either party.