The American Spectator

Actually, though, they mean to do something even better. They hope to do precisely what Richard Cohen acknowledged worked for him, the Liberal’s liberal. Cohen said that even if each of the charges (on another matter) could be refuted, nevertheless he was able to discern guilt based upon the ESSENCE of the charges!

I’m a bit surprised that so far I haven’t read any columnist taking Cohen to task for such a breathtakingly unfair conclusion, even for a Liberal’s liberal.

And he’s not alone…one of the more outspoken critics of the Duke lacrosse team, as the charges against them began to fall apart, concluded that even though they weren’t individually guilty that somehow as a class of people they were. Privileged white males were simply guilty of racism, no matter what they did or did not do to deserve the charge.

p>As Cohen explained, it’s not a matter of the charges being false, or refutable. What we might call a stinking pile, liberal Democrats smell as a fragrant essence. br> — Gregg Calkins /p>

Democrats seem to be doing a re-make of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations with Karl Rove as “Pip” the orphaned boy who made it big. “Able Magwitch” is Pips benefactor who of course is played by President Bush. And “Jaggers” the lawyer guiding Pip is cast as the Republican Party.

p>”Estella,” Pip’s love interest, is played by Chuck Hagel. “Miss Havisham” is played by the Senate. And “Dolge Orlick,” the embodiment of evil, is ably played by Senator Leahy. Senator Leahy could also be the star of “The Most Uninspiring Man I Ever Met.” br> — Howard Lohmuller br> Seabrook, Texas /p>

All these witch-hunts of Republicans would be a lot more enjoyable if Republicans would fight back with the simple truth about the Democrat party.

p>But they remain gutless, and doubtful of the rightness of their own philosophy, seemingly ever eager to compromise leading to their own downfall. Every Republican that lost their office in the recent elections did so because they lost their principles.