Susan Estrich and Alan Colmes are both just very nice, but naive, clueless people when it comes to comprehending what their beloved DemocRAT party is really all about - it's essentially nothing other than a criminal enterprise.
As Rush points out, it takes courage to face the truth, and to the degree one is emotionally immature --- that's the degree one will be unable (lack the courage) to face reality.
9-11 caused some to have a little spurt in growth. A 2x4 between the eyes has a way of doing that to ya.