This is what I get for going to bed early. Can't I leave you guys alone for a minute? Jeez.
I go to bed and I wake up to find smoke coming off my home page.
In over six years hanging out here with the smart kids, I have never - NEVER-seen the larger community turn on the Powers That Be like this.
The first question that comes to my mind is: are the potential disruptive effects on the GOP primaries worth the rift this is causing in this community?
Some of the anti OH diaries I've read seem a LITTLE alarmist, but the "let's keep the ethical high ground" is a valid point from where I sit, (and I'm a "politics ain't beanbag" kinda guy. Ask Terry McAuliffe. >;) ) as is the caveat of martyring Romney and providing a talking point against teh evil Left.
The wrecklist is overflowing with antiOH diaries. I have yet to see a single diary from a rank-and-file member of the community expressing full throated support for this idea. If there is one, please link me to it.
At any rate:
How many times have you seen the right wing chattering class accuse Kossacks of being mindless foot soldiers taking marching orders from Commander Markos?
I think that meme just got fatally shot in the head. Next time you hear that one, just respond with two words:
Operation Hilarity.
Thus my attempt to wring something positive out of this whole dustup.
We now return you to the regularly scheduled mission of presenting a united front with the goal of defeating Republicans.