Paul Gigot & WSJ Editorial Board: The Right Is "Not Even Rational" Anymore On Amnesty Bill, Motivated By Anger, Hate, And Bigotry

NRO's editors, called "foaming at the mouth" by WSJ in the above clip, offer them a debate to air the actual facts -- which of course WSJ will cowardly refuse to do.

The Washington Examiner wonders why the Republican establishment is so quick to disrespect and demean their base.

My two theories:

1) This is how they view us all the time; it's only in this particular context are they excitable enough to express their genuine opinions.

2) This is how they deal with any political opponents.

And on that latter point, I'm starting to wonder if the Bush Derangement Syndrome we see in so many liberals might have a vector of dismissiveness traceable right back to the White House.

Via the Corner, Laura Ingraham unloads on President Bush.

"The good news is that President Bush has finally taken the gloves off... the bad news is he's chosen to take them off to beat the hell out of us." (A paraphrase.)

Oh man. She is brutal.

She notes he goes out of his way to not question the patriotism of Democrats voting to de-fund our troops, but extends no such courtesies to his own voters.

Hey, President Bush? Fuck off. You are going down in history in a neck-and-neck battle with Jimmy Carter as worst president of the twentieth century.

And you know what? You are, pretty much, a fucking moron.

All that time we've razzed the left about claiming that? Oh, you're not diagnosably retarded or anything, but you're a fucking dim bulb, and you've got some nerve of accusing opponents of the amnesty bill (which you surely haven't even read, genius) of not being smart enough to support it.

And... Here's Bush claiming that with amnesty, we won't even need a fence! Which isn't very reassuring, because the only way that statement would be true would be if we had absolutely open borders and no concept of a American citizenship at all -- were that the law, then we wouldn't need a fence, as we'd have no laws whatsover regarding the border and immigration.

Is that the direction Mr. Smart Stuff is pushing us in?

Michael Chertoff continues arguing that border security will be increased now that his entire department will be giving up any border security duties at all.

And here's Bryan Preston, predicting that Bush's legacy will be the destruction of the GOP.

Message To The Left: I'm not saying you should impeach him, I'm just sayin', you know, go with your hearts.

Not The Twentieth Century: Damn, I'm still writing "the twentieth century" on all of my checks; takes me at least a couple of decades to get used to writing the new one.

Mark points out that Bush can't be tied with Carter as worst president of the twentieth century, as all of his presidency has taken place in the twenty-first.

So, on a technicality, Bush misses out on that distinction.

posted by Ace at 12:57 PM

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