Thanks, amigo =^)I still think you were off base with your prior essay raising the question of 'latent anti-semitism' by Matthews and the gang, but today's effort was superb.
Conservatives, for years, have been unfairly accused by liberals of harboring the ugliest of motives for what amounts to honest policy differences with the left.
And I agree with you, if your point is that it's not a tactic conservatives would be wise to emulate. I couldn't agree with you, in fact.
Which is why I didn't, per se, accuse CM of being an anti-Semite, but his virulence, on this issue generally, and against 'neo-cons' in particular, is deeply troubling. Moreover, his 'dovish' stance vis-a-vis Iraq is hard to reconcile with his gung-go hawkish, 'bombs-away' attitude towards the Serbia/Kosovo campaign back in April-June '99.
Then again, perhaps we'll never see eye-to-eye re: CM, but know this: I value your opinions and know you arrive at them honestly.