Just then, a man walked up to Taylor and said, "If George Bush ate a baby, would you defend him?""That's absurd," Taylor answered.
"Well, that's kind of where you're at right now," the man said.
"So you're saying George Bush eats babies?" Taylor responded. "That's absurd. And it's exemplary of the mindset of the MoveOn crowd. These guys are so far out from reality, it's pathetic."
With that, Taylor began an impassioned, impromptu speech. "Now, please try to figure out what's going on in this country," he said, his voice booming. "There has been an enormous outpouring of goodwill from people on both sides of the political spectrum. You know, when those soldiers and national guardsmen go into the homes of the victims, they don't ask, are you Republican, are you Democrat. They ask, do you need help? What can we do to help you? I wish that this crowd out here would have the same attitude, because all you're doing is trying to tear the country apart for political purposes."
At that point, another man, a MoveOn protester, came up. Unlike the others, he wasn't angry, and, finally, things lightened up a bit.
"Do you think the protesters would be complaining about Bush's reaction if we weren't in Iraq?" the man asked.
"Yes," said Taylor.
"Why?"
"Because you hate him."
"So?" the man said with a shrug and little laugh of acknowledgment.
"Everything he does, for crying out loud," Taylor said.
"OK, I agree with that," the man said, laughing some more.
The honesty disarmed Taylor. "Well, thank you," he said, "that's the first honest thing I've heard out here today."
"Well, don't you think there's a reason we all hate him?" the man continued.
"Yes," Taylor answered. "Because you are all pathological in your hatred of him."
"Of course," the man said, as a few more people began laughing. "And why is that?"
"Because you're a bunch of loony liberals!" Taylor answered, as everyone cracked up.
> The honesty disarmed Taylor. "Well, thank you," he said, "that's the first honest thing I've heard out here today."
"Well, don't you think there's a reason we all hate him?" the man continued.
"Yes," Taylor answered. "Because you are all pathological in your hatred of him."
"Of course," the man said, as a few more people began laughing. "And why is that?"
"Because you're a bunch of loony liberals!" Taylor answered, as everyone cracked up.<
Ok, Kristinn's right about the looney liberal part, but there is a deeper psychosis going on in the MoveOn mindset.
In order to whip their followers up into a frenzy, the left must have a central figure upon which to focus - its Emmanuel Goldstein, if you will. Can't have our Two Minutes Hate against thin air.
President Bush is the perfect person upon which to focus, in the left's quest for power.
The more desperate they become, the more dangerous they are.