Tim Russert asked Howard Dean this morning on Meet the Press about his mean-spirited and judgmental comments about Rush Limbaugh, the president, Tom Delay, and Republicans generally. Dean said (to paraphrase) that since Limbaugh is a mean hypocrite, it's OK to judge him. Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear this silly "Republicans are hypocrites" meme.
This is the typical 'thought' on the left - Judging is wrong, hypocrisy is wrong, except it's OK for us to judge people who are hypocrites, and that doesn't make our judging hypocritical, because the people we're judging are meanies, and judging is wrong, except when you're judging meanness, and we're good, so judging us is bad, but Republicans are bad, so judging them is good, so our judging is by definition good, and they're judging is by definition bad...
Somebody call a doctor, we've got a headache.
Update: Jackson's Junction has the video.
Howard Dean: Hypocrisy and Hilarity. . .
The good-guys over at the Unalienable Right had a hilarious response to Howard Dean's comedic appearance on Meet the Press. Here's the set-up: Tim Russert MR. RUSSERT: Let me stay on your rhetoric. [You said] that "I hate the Republicans,...
Trackback by Reasoned Audacity: Politics in Real Life — May 24, 2005 @ 8:09 am May 24, 2005
Loved your comment on Dean's hypocrisy -- I quoted you here:
http://www.charmaineyoest.com/archives/2005/05/tim_russert.html
Comment by Charmaine Yoest — May 24, 2005 @ 8:27 am May 24, 2005