[governsleastgovernsbest]

You're right that he is not serious in the sense that no one thinks he is actually calling for legislation that would require the lobotomization of Republicans.

But the hostility towards Republicans that he expresses is no joke, nor is his description of them as "stupid." There's no question that, as the Wells Republicans described in their initial press release about the lack of faculty political diversity, there is an intimidating atmosphere in many of their classrooms.

Vawters's comments perfectly illustrate the kind of problem they described, and I think it's appropriate to bring that to people's attention.

If you or your child were a young student in Vawter's class, in which he called Republicans stupid and called for their lobotimization, I'm not sure you would find it funny.

[P-Marlowe]

Actually I think that kind of hostility works in our favor because it is so virile and excessive. It should actually be encouraged. What we need is not to call attention to these types of statements by pretending to be offended, but to call attention to them by making them the object of our ridicule. The more these types of statements get covered in the media, the more it will turn off moderates who otherwise might be tempted to vote democratic.

Painting Schwartenegger as a right wing wacko was what turned the tide in the recall election for Schwartenegger. People who said, hey he thinks like me, were not too happy when whack jobs like bustamante tried to paint him as a Nazi.

Let's not pretend to be offended by thse silly remarks. Lets just laugh and point fingers at their stupidity.