THE AMERICAN LEFT

“The past week was extremely rough on American Leftists. Public spotlights have been shining brightly on them from various angles. The result is that they are no longer able to hide behind their innocuous facades. The reality of their ideology is suddenly being seen in its stark ugliness. This is not how things are supposed to work, and they do not like it. In recent years, every time liberals perceive that their ‘patriotism’ is being called into question, they caterwaul as the supposed victims of the most heinous of personal attacks. Their indignation often borders on the hysterical, to the point that far too many conservatives have actually been intimidated at the prospect of even sounding skeptical of the inherent and universally recognized ‘loyalty’ to country among Leftists... Most distressing to the Left during this past week’s events is that Chavez, Ahmadinejad, and Clinton allowed America a glimpse into the soul of modern liberalism. All of the sanitizing efforts on the part of the old-media cannot revise those images or the words that accompanied them. Nor can the commonality of their motivations ever after be erased from public awareness. It was not a pretty sight.”

— Christopher Adamo