The comments speak for themselves. They call themselves Christians????. Yet all the attacks are ad hominem. I responsded this morning on twitter to Michelle Malkin ill timed, insensitive and acrimonious comments. It is not surprising that these lunatic fringes take their cue from the like of talking heads like her, Rush, BillO, Sean, Glenn who issue invectives as part of their regular opinions to play to the baser instincts of these whack jobs. I think the surprise will be what awaits them on their demise.

Short answer: No.

I don’t know if he will or not, did he shame left wing bloggers for bashing Reagan before his body was cold? Examples:

“I’m sipping some excellent German white wine now,” one poster over at the Democratic Underground blog wrote.

“To Ronald Reagan, may you rot in hell you sorry evil creep! Clink glasses.”

A fellow blogger agreed, writing, “R.I.P–In Hell,” with a third adding, “On a Slowly Turning Spit.”

I don’t bad behavior doesn’t justify other bad behavior, but ….hey, those “comments speak for themselves”

Wow, this is turning into a real banner day for M – scouring the Internet for people speaking ill of the dead (as if it’s the first time somebody ever said something stupid on the Internet!) for the purposes of… launching a pre-emptive attack on Bill O’Reilly for something he MIGHT or MIGHT NOT do later? I should add, “that is, when they’re not dispatching other writers to spread conspiracy theories about ‘the right’ taking over Google.” Good gravy! What’s next?

I think O’Reilly will give a somewhat balanced eulogy, perhaps with an anecdote about Ted or one of his brothers and he’ll say something about public service, but then he’ll also mention the incident people are blanketing all over the ‘net and he’ll probably say something about “failed policies of the past”.

IOW: The “real” Bill O’Reilly will pay respect, where respect is due, but the “character” Bill O’Reilly won’t caution his audience because they’re his bread and butter, he’ll give them a little meat and he’ll wrap it all in an ideological ribbon.

What goes around comes around. Just because someone dies doesn’t make them an automatic saint.

Maybe a better question to ask is why should the left wingers complain about the same behavior they are guilty of? I didn’t respect Tony Snow or Robert Novak anymore than I did Ted Kennedy, but at least they didn’t use their power and money to beat a murder rap like Kennedy did.

The Kennedy family is filled with drug addicts, adulterers, and murderers. I don’t understand the attraction and respect they have gotten over the years.

Let’s hope this means the end of the stronghold the Kennedy family has held over our government for long before I can even remember.

Yes he did.

I thought O’Reilly did a nice job tonight. He castigated those who celebrated, and highlighted Kennedy’s best and worse *political* moves, thus adroitly sidestepping the Mary Jo issue, which was never mentioned in his program. Beck also did a good job – I’m trying to find a quote from him – but he essentially said that although he disagreed with Kennedy on virtually every point, he had to admire him for standing firm for what he believed in.

The 360 live blog tonight was 99.9% praise for Ted Kennedy. I tried to comment to someone that no amount of good works excuses using money and power to beat a murder rap. The 360 blog gives you a false impression of what people are saying and thinking, that is why I rarely bother to post there.