[katana]

I have the growing feeling that culturally, being a liberal is becoming more and more passe.

Ms. Garafalo (or however the hell you spell her name) says that it wasn't "cool" to criticize Clinton's little adventures. I think that statement was a freudian slip. They are worried that they and all their nonsensical beliefs are no longer "cool".

Look at the contrast in the lists of people mentioned in this article as conservative / libertarian (I combine the two since at heart they are both pro-freedom) vs. liberals. James Woods (MIT Phi Beta Kappa), John Malkovitch (a walking definition of a gifted and intelligent actor) vs. Woody Harrelson (pass me that joint, man) and Mike Farrell (has been).

The left is desperate because they know, even if they can't admit it, that they are losing the culture war and it will only get worse. Worst of all for them, since these people's life blood is fame and being seen as "cool", all of the genuinely cool (or "hot", take your pick) celebrities are increasingly on the other side.

[demosthenes the elder]

I have been furiously resisting the growing gut feeling that the American Left is in its death throes for several months now. I am a pessimist by training and natural inclination. It galls my soul to have this gloriously optimistic feeling blossom in my breast.
All efforts to kill it have failed.
It waxes stronger every day, as the Leftists slip farther and farther into ludicrous self-parody, as the cries of agony grow to a hellish din over at DU.
I hate to admit it, but I am beginning to feel hopeful about the future of the American Culture.