[M. Thatcher]

It was a weird event, I do remember that - but of a piece with the liberal mind.

They are always shadowboxing with chimera. (In other words, they are always making sh#t up.) They can't find fault with what we actually say, so they accuse us of using language that has secret vibes - then they work themselves into frothing outrage over their private translation, convincing each other we said things we didn't say.

In earlier days, it was "code words" like "law and order," which they insisted went directly into our supporters' ears with what we REALLY meant: "we hate blacks." It was a bogeyman fantasy entirely of their own creation.

This election cycle, the term is "dog whistle" - essentially the same thing. The Tea Party is passionate about shrinking government and cutting spending, but to the left, that's all just a "dog whistle" to followers who know we REALLY are saying "we hate Obama because he's black." It's madness.

On the other hand, their entire ideology consists in believing in things that aren't there, such as emanations and penumbras. So there you go.

[M. Thatcher]

their entire ideology consists in believing in things that aren't there, such as emanations and penumbras.

And disbelieving in things that are there, such as the Second Amendment.

[Political Junkie Too]

Yeah. I think, in the case of the 'rats ad, the polls were so close in Aug/Sep of 2000 (because Gore lost or was losing the 3 debates against Bush) that the Democrats needed to gin up a scandal, so they went back into their archives and took another look at that ad. That's when they spotted the RATS flash, and they then sent out a talking point that this was a sneak attack on Gore.

The irony was two-fold: 1) the 'rats moniker stuck on them forever because of their own foolishness, and 2) the real damage was done by the revelation of the Bush DUI 20 years earlier for driving 20 MPH in a 35 MPH zone.

-PJ