The American Spectator

p> BUSINESS AS USUAL br> Re: Andrew Cline’s Withdrawn Democrats: /p>

Thank you, Mr. Cline, for exposing the vulgar behavior by “withdrawn Democrats.”

p>No, there was no rejoicing in Mudville, Vermont nor in the minds of rabid, leftist quislings concerning the just demise of Zarqawi. We have come to the conclusion that these anti- and un-Americans hold no pathways to be comprehended. They are so filled with pathological hate that rational, synoptic coherency — even hard cold reality — has no ameliorating impact on their very, very sick thought processes. Therefore, why make any attempt to engage them in any substantive discussion of issues? Their value lies in their revolting utterances and behavior which simultaneously alienate, yet motivate real American values in support of our troops and in our democratic processes. br> — William J. Bean , M.D., Ph.D. /p>

Andrew Cline’s editorial on June 9 about the muffled response of Democrats to the killing of the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was dead-on. Nationwide, the response of Democrats to this major victory in the war on terror has been muted at best. Can what many suspect actually be true, that these blue-staters do not want to see anything happen in Iraq that might appear encouraging for the cause of democracy there, simply because they hate George W. Bush more than they love freedom, and would rather see Iraq devolve into another Somalia than see anything happen there that might improve Bush’s poll numbers? I more than suspect it’s so. Our daily newspaper here in Spokane, the Spokesman-Review(a paper solidly in the Democrat camp), carried a front-page headline on the very morning after al-Zarqawi’s death was announced: ZARQAWI’S DEATH UNLIKELY TO SLOW VIOLENCE, EXPERTS SAY. I didn’t stick around long enough to find out who these “experts” were, but I have a pretty good idea what their ideological interest probably is. The Democrats didn’t wait until Zarqawi’s body was cold before jumping in on all sides, trying to put negative “spin” on the story, trying to sell the idea that it was either a dubious victory or no victory at all.

p>I think it’s true: these people hate George W. Bush more than they love freedom. How ironic that they’re calling anyone who disagrees with them “fascist” and “mean-spirited.” For sheer hate-choked venom, the left-wing blogs these days are outdoing the Voelkischer Beobachter