If the point is to inflame people a la Rush and Hannity, then let’s have someone other than our elected national leaders do it. I’m sure there’s plenty of those “put your anti-cooty shields up” websites out there to do the job. But let’s get real: all these right wing pundits only have two things on their agenda: get higher ratings and bigger paychecks; and blame everything on Democrats. Rush has no health care plan, he has no vote in Congress.
For as much as folks refuse to cry crocodile tears for insulting Republicans, I’m starting to think that Rush, Beck, and Hannity are hurting your “widdle feewlings” and you want someone to fight back against these big, mean men who are marginalized except for the coverage of teabaggers and the stupid things they say. Let’s be clear, their agenda is losing. They opposed stimulating the economy and getting things rolling again. They wanted presidents who were more right wing than Bush or McCain could ever be. They wanted us to stay in Iraq for a jillion years. Whatever agenda they have, they are losing, and yet they say nasty things so you want someone to say mean things about them. It is a childish debate.
And I know that supporters of Grayson’s comments will make any absurd claim to defend a speech that makes them feeeeeel so very good, but the oft-repeated claim here that Democrats need some spine and passion to get reform done does not mean that this is the way to do it. Our choice is not between Glenn Beck and Adlai Stevenson: insane rantings vs. boring eggheads. Ted Kennedy, for example, was without a doubt one of the most passionate, and most effective, political leaders of the 20th century.
Kennedy’s speeches had more passion than anything Rush has ever said, and they also had more content. He also didn’t rest his passion on lies and insults.
