It feels as though today the roller coaster has us feeling a little more pessimistic. But I was just thinking what an amazing day yesterday was. If we could just savor for one day, the series of damning moments for the right wing. It was like the Parade of Hypocrisy - exposed. One after another.
To wit:
The Page 1 Washington Post story exposing the lies of the Swift Boat Vets
Followed up that night with the carving by Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann of said Vets and their mouthpieces.
O'Reilly even comes to the support of Kerry, defending him against the attacks
Schwarzkopf, right-wing hero and speaker at the 2000 RNC, refuses to back Bush - hints at possible support of Kerry
The Republican in Texas, accused by his opponent of ripping up his campaign signs. Swears he'd never do such a thing, only to be exposed for having done the same thing two years earlier, with police reports and everything.
The Iraqi soccer team story in Sports Illustrated, of all places, exposing Bush for the disaster that he is. The soccer team tells Bush to "stick it" for using their name to support his campaign -- similar to Danny Pearl's family telling the administration to stop it, and similar to Nancy Reagan telling Republicans to stifle it over trying to get Reagan on the dime.
Bush's Catholic adviser ... a hypocrit, philanderer, and possible pedophile. Another self-righteous freak bites the dust (see: William Bennett)
The link from JamesB3 that right-wing whack-nut armageddon-ist Tim Lehay's son is gay. Not to revel in what must be a difficult situation for the son, but it's not to revel in his dad's "dilemma"
And then it all gets followed up late night when the New York Times "follow the money" expose of the Swift Boat Liars hits the Web.
A crazy day. I guess it's a hard day to follow.
I leave you with this quote from John McEnroe, new CNBC host, from the last issue of Maxim (just because I found it amusing):
"Dennis Miller is a friend of mine, but for some reason that I don't understand, his politics have totally changed. I've said to myself, 'What the hell is going on here?' I think in some ways he's made a deliberate decision to be less funny."