[OldFriend]

Hannity does not shill for the administration. Hannit shills for himself!

[B-Chan]

Mr. Colmes is an example of a dying breed: a patriotic Liberal. After the Dems turned hard Left in 1972, the era of common-sense, patriotic liberalism in the FDR/HST/Adlai Stevenson/HHH tradition disappeared, leaving only ideologues, cranks, and '60s-radicals-gone-legit to bear the Donkey banner. Sad, really: the only Liberals left on the national political scene are those who want to destroy the traditional American system and way of life.

Then there’s gravitas: compared to notable Liberals of the past, the leading lights of the Democratic Party today, such as Senator Clinton, Mr. Kucinich, or Mr. Dean are weak tea indeed. Not one of the current leading Liberals in America has the slightest intellectual heft (as didAdlai Stevenson), true hatred of totalitarianism (like JFK) or a sincere if misguided sense of noblesse oblige (as did FDR or Truman).

I like Mr. Colmes’ radio program, and I’m sure that he’s equally affable in person. America needs more patriotic liberals like him and fewer socialist nutbars.