Betsy Devine: Funny ha-ha and/or funny peculiar

Why are the Democrats so negative, so shrill? Because Democrats are nutty hateful haters who hate George Bush–that’s the big Republican meme these days.*

Funny how badly that meme fits Wilsongate–the emerging story that two top Bush staffers, whose names are still unknown, leaked a CIA agent’s identity to six reporters before they found somebody low enough to help them damage the agent’s career and endanger everyone who had worked with her.

If it’s all about hating Bush, how come everyone’s pointing at his staff, not him? You’d think a bunch of paranoid Bush-hating nuts would claim Bush is the one who leaked the story, or at least ordered it leaked.

Or maybe there are a few things wrong in our country–and with the Republican game plan–that one can’t explain by invoking “They just hate Bush.”

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* Even David Brooks, who used to be funny and sharp before he drank too much Republican koolade, opines today that “The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it’s the haters themselves.”

Yes, our nation’s problems are all due to Bush-hating Democrats. The only danger to soldiers in Iraq comes from US reporters who hate Bush.
As for unemployment–rising deficits–kids with no health insurance–they’re not real issues. They’re just Democratic secret code for “I hate Bush.”**

** And in case you’re wondering–no, I do not hate Bush. Driving in Massachusetts gives you a sense of proportion. I dislike Bush more than I dislike suicidal bike riders with cellphones, but less than I dislike limo drivers who dart out from stop signs and block 3 lanes of traffic. I do hate a lot of Bush’s policies though.

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