Stop the Hatred

Michelle Malkin, blogger extraordinaire, has a name for the leftist Bush-haters in this country: "Moonbats". And the more I see of them, the more appropriate I think that moniker is and the more disgusted I get. That the moonbats could get 100,000 people to an anti-you-name-it rally in Washington over the weekend is truly frightening.

The rally, which Michelle covers in photos and a few quotes, was also followed by numerous other bloggers. But the pictures tell the fastest story. Take a look at these on Michelle's main page. You've got a mass of people here who simply hate the president of the United States and will stop at nothing to bring him down. Sorry, no matter who the president is, this kind of thing is un-American.

You also get a sense of just how juvenile the whole "movement" is. "Castrate Cheney"?? "F--- the War"?? What are we, in fifth grade? These people are not just delusional, but moronic.

Activist mom Cindy Sheehan was there, and her vitriol just seems to get more and more harsh as the weeks go by. Weren't her 15 minutes up a month or so ago? At this point she is not only screaming about the war, but blaming the president for the damage in Louisiana from the hurricanes. Why does anyone still take her seriously?

Michelle's very next post described and linked to a video of Bill Maher, host of a Bush-hating talk show on HBO, making a joke about abused women and holding up a doctored photo of Laura Bush, looking like she had been beaten, and mentioning that the president had been drinking again. How does material like this even get uttered, much less on public airwaves? How can liberals think that this stuff is productive for them?

Protest things based on their merit. When you protest a war, have reasons for your opposition and express them to others in an effort to persuade them you are justified. Don't attack the people involved in that war personally; it's just unbecoming. And it does nothing to move your cause forward. It makes you look like a hateful fool and people remember this stuff.