Correction: And what makes HAWKINS think.....

It's pretty clear that Hawkins doesn't actually know many liberals, and his understanding of their worldview is, shall we say, a bit shallow and stereotypical. Furthermore, what makes him think that the people he chooses as examples are typical of liberalism? Based on what little I've heard of Dan Savage, I would agree that he can be outrageoous. But typical? Hardly. And what makes him think that pornographers taking advantage of Palin's celebrity represent anything but greed and bad taste? The simple fact is, most iiberals disparage Palin based on her idiocy, not her gender.

The modern GOP coalition of plutocrats and wingnuts was bound to crack and break at some point, just as the former Democratic coalition of northern liberals and southern crackers did in the wake of the civil rights era. But the big question is what will come out of the wreckage. Those of us who prefer adult politics with two parties capable of compromise and cooperation would certainly welcome the prospect of far-right purists being pushed back to the fringe where they can do little real damage to the process.

RACIST CONSERVATIVES--1960: "Those northern liberal race mixers are violating my rights and threatening the honor of Southern womanhood." RACIST CONSERVATIVES--2013: "Those northern liberal grievance-mongers are just stirring up trouble.among pesky black folks who should just be darn happy to live in America."

"...the fact that the government run schools are producing a citzenry that is unable to perceive the irrationality and unsupportability of the progressives' agendas." As opposed to homeschoolers who think David Barton is a "historian," evolution is a satanic plot, and climate change is a hoax.

"and the Confederate flag symbolizes a whole region...." Or at least the sentiments of a particularly backward demographic within that region.

"letting government educate future generations is a blueprint for slavery." Or at least a barrier against the history-distorting, science-denying proclivities of many Townhallers.

I love watching the Right expend so much of its considerable capacity for delusion on the hope that once Obamacare is fully implemented, the American public will just hate it and join in a call for its repeal. Of course what is far more likely is that the program will experience some startup gltiches (as is typical of new programs), but have a fairly favorable reception --but with renewed calls for a public option to help keep costs down. And in some states, there will be movements for broader substitute programs -- a process already well advanced in Vermont.

Some idiot in the Army goes off script and makes some hateful, stereotypical comments about certain groups. And of course the folks who spend their days at TH doing exactly the same thing -- making hateful, stereotypical comments about certain groups -- are more than ready not only to condemn, but to assume that the idiot in question is somehow representative of a broader policy. Par for the course.

“The Republican party is increasingly the last refuge of old, angry white people who don’t like what’s going on in this country.” Boy, isn't that outrageous? I'll bet its really going to rile up the old, angry white people who comment at Townhall.

CLOSET MODERATE: Wingnutese for someone who exhibits occasional flashes of sanity.