[forty_years]

I couldn't have said it better: This guy notes that Liberalism had its time, but has been left behind by the new Conservatism--e.g., conservatives are the ones who are engaged nowadays (not just demonstrating with anti-Semitic placards--i.e., throwing tantrums).

[MEG33]

Good article.

[eskimo]

You get the picture. It's all about Bush. In smart aleck mode, I'll call this "Bushophobia," a collective and terrible fear gripping the minds of people who aren't turning the pages as history's book goes into hyper-overdrive these days.

My quess would be the victims of "Bushophobia" have very little perspective political history.

[Bigg Red]

Bushophobia -- I think this needs some attention. Perhaps these liberals need therapy.

[jim_trent]

Is it possible that the left hates Bush as much as I hate Klinton? I find that very hard to believe.

[eskimo]

Don't misunderstand, the Bush groupies seem to have even less perspective of political history.

[dirtboy]

Undoubtedly, the loyal opposition can, and should, offer their constructive criticism of how to deal with a post-war Iraq. Instead of berating Bush and seeing the invasion as sheer opportunism, patriotic Liberals can offer their perspective that can prove quite useful and necessary in the months ahead.

Oh, I can just see their useful input:

Blocking oil exploration along the scenic Shatt-Al-Arab waterway.

Guaranteeing rights to gay Iraqis

Blocking cleanup of a chemical weapons site because an endangered newt lives there.

Instilling the same level of excellence in post-Saddam public schools that we have here in the United States

Yep, liberals can do so much for Iraq!

[caisson71]

"The war was lost in VietNam.." Horseshit!!!! We quit!!

[Grampa Dave]

Good Article, and I have bookmarked it.

The lefties below are wearing out our tolerance in America with their anti American Mantras 24/7/365.

[Desecrated]

I agree. I would be more likely to take the left seriously if they actually said something. It's easy to be against everything, but a lot more difficult to come up with tangible solutions.

[Roughneck]

It would be good to remind liberal dems, that Vietnam was a Democratic Presidents war, uh...failure , (so was Korea and others)

Liberals need to "understand" Vietnam better. They need to "understand" a lot of things. . .

[sauropod]

interesting read.

[eskimo]

You get the picture. It's all about Bush. In smart aleck mode, I'll call this "Bushophobia," a collective and terrible fear gripping the minds of people who aren't turning the pages as history's book goes into hyper-overdrive these days.

Perhaps those who are turning the pages of history books consider "Bushmania" more destructive than "Bushophobia".

[Psycho_Bunny]

I've spent some time thinking about the phrase  "Anti-American" lately and how'd I'd actually define it if someone asked what I meant in it's usage.  I have to admit, it took me a while to decide what I'd consider a moderate, non-treason level, definition of the concept.

But, in the end, I was able to define it for myself.

There's one theme, over all the others, present in the writings of early American Political Thought:  it pops up in Jefferson's writings, in the works of pamphleteers; Hamilton, Madison and Jay hammer on this theme over and over and over again in the Federalist Papers and it's this: 

Europe Sucks.  Whatever form of government we institute, it's of fundamental importance that there isn't any chance - at all - that we turn out like Europe.

So I think I've decided that anyone who's "Anti-American" - in the non-treasonous sense of the phrase - is simply anyone who looks to the opinions of Europe for guidance in governmental, social or artistic issues.

You don't have to love apple pie; you can love cherry pie.  That's the American Way.  But if you love cherry pie for no reason other than it being the preferred pie of France or Germany and you think I should love cherry pie because Europeans do, you are anti-American. 

Make no mistake about it.