[Titus-Maximus]

There is too much political hate now. It started with Bork, which was a left wing televised abortion, and it starting boiling from that point on.

The left started these vicious witch hunts, (Clarence Thomas) and now they complain about the vitriol. They poisoned the politics with personal attacks.

There are no more humorous pundits - everyone is out for blood. Where are the Safire’s and the Buckley’s, people that could make you laugh with their wit and dazzle you with their intelligence. Now it is the left calling everyone a racist, and the right calling everyone a commie.

Look at Olbermann - a foaming lunatic. Matthews - a water carrier who makes hysterical charges of racism at the drop of a hat. Ed Schultz is a retarded human being, and an ex Limbaugh wanna-be before he went left. Larry O’Donnell is a manic depressant miles and miles from his meds.

Krauthammer - is the only one that harkens back to the days of yore - the rest are just plain embarrassing.

[Psalm 144]

There is a lot of truth in what you say. Reagan deployed humor like cavalry, and was always turning his opponents’ flanks with it. There have been some echos of that with Sarah Palin, such and the reference to the styrofoam columns and so on.

But humor is largely gone. It is all bullhorns and bullwhips now.

[gunsequalfreedom]

As I was reading your post and agreeing with it one thought came to my mind just before the end of your post. You were running down the list of commentators, talking about those that used to humor us with their wit...I was thinking, what about Krauthammer. Then in your last paragraph I agreed with you again.

Krauthammer - is the only one that harkens back to the days of yore - the rest are just plain embarrassing.

[central_va]

and the right calling everyone a commie.

Care to back up that claim?