doesn't Fox News broadcast from Bellvue?

And on another note, I LOVE the people who claim to not "care" about Ann Coulter, because she "doesn't matter," yet continually write letters to Salon repeating again and again how much that they don't care.

That HAS to be the most amazing thing I've ever heard Ann Coulter say. I mean, really. She has to see that "lady-you-are-batshit-crazy" look from people on a daily basis. Just when I thought she couldn't shock me anymore, she tops herself.

I went to Crooks and Liars to see if there was any video of this show, and I noticed the she was on that program less than a month ago. It's bad enough that she was on there once, but twice in less than a month?

still supporting her? As low as her approval ratings are, how come they're not zero?

that even when people want a "change" in Congress, they aren't particularly crazy about changing "their guy."

I've been disappointed so many times over the last 8 years, that I refuse to get my hopes up very high about a possible Democratic takeover of Congress this November. I'm still staying positive, and will work to help the Democrats, it's just a VERY guarded optimism!

but it seems like most of these letters "defending" Bolton amount to:

"Well, the UN is SO messed up, it doesn't really matter WHO we put in there; besides, what would it hurt to have a guy who's gonna kick some ass and kick up some dust?"

Well, as many other letter writers have illustrated, it matters a lot. As a tax-paying citizen, I have the right to ask my government to put the right person in that chair, and block anyone who is wrong for the job. And asking "What does it matter what he looks like?" is naïve. Sartorially speaking, our UN Ambassador is the right-wing version of Don King. Bolton treats the Democrats and his UN colleagues the same way the Bush Administration treats the rest of the world: with utter contempt. We deserve much, much better.

As a person who has been known to throw hot-button words like "fascist" and "Nazi" around, I'd like to point out that there is a context in which the Nazi analogy can ALWAYS be used in terms of the Bush administration. And that is in the way Karl Rove conducts his business. He is figuratively the second coming of Hermann Goering. It's as if Rove memorized "The Prince," and studiously examined each and every tactic Goering and the other Nazi propagandists used in order to see what worked best. This goes way, way, beyond textbook demagoguery. Just because the Nazi's killed 6-millions Jews doesn't mean it's unfair to compare those who shamelessly employ their PR tactics in the pursuit of political gain. My point is that if you successfully follow "the Goering plan" you can get a HUGE percentage of the population to follow seemingly ridiculous policies. It doesn't follow, I shouldn't have to point out, that anybody using those tactics want to gas 6 million Jews.

People like Cosmo seem to have such a hard time grasping a very simple point. No, it's not necessary to have served in the military in order to be qualified to have a leadership role during a war. However, if you never served in the military, and you use words like "coward" and "cut and run" when referring to war veterans like John Murtha, you have no credibility. It's a matter of putting your money where your mouth is.

People like Peretz and Roberts keep talking about this race as though it's some sort of national referendum. They can point out how much support Lamont is getting from all over the country all they want, but tomorrow it's only the Democratic voters of Connecticut who's opinion matters. Peretz and Roberts are reading way too much into this. If Lamont wins, it's a sign that the Democratic party of Connecticut has moved away from Lieberman and his solidly conservative policies. I don't think it means very much beyond that.

Even if the President's approval numbers were in the single digits, I'd STILL be scratching my head wondering what's wrong with these people!

which means he'll probably win in November. This only goes along with the current trend that Americans seem more comfortable with a leader who's bat-shit crazy.

The Democrats would have a much easier time getting their message across if it weren’t for the Fox News/Karl Rove propaganda machine continually distorting and misrepresenting the Democratic point of view. The Right owns the terms of debate right now, so however they choose to define the Democrats, is how they end up being defined. Unfortunately, that definition is always some warped, distorted, and misrepresented view. The “conservative” take on the issues of they day are always very easily distilled into clever little sound bites and slogans. The truth, is never so easy. Which means the Democratic point of view requires a bit more explaining, which certain portions of our society seem to have trouble with. And the conservative spin-meisters have a much easier time twisting said “explanations” however they see fit.

Democrats can sit around for hours debating different redeployment strategies in Iraq. Republicans sit around and say “Stay the course, don’t cut and run,” and that’s about as deep as their discussions ever get.

You can't say Salon readers don't take their genitalia seriously!

to turn around the anti-Republican poll numbers. This is just like the constant terror alerts leading up to the 2004 election. Expect more of this as November gets closer. They probably wanted to wait longer for this, but felt like they had to act now. ("They" being Rove, the RNC, the White House)

This is all so very unsurprising.

LeCastor shouldn't have called Bush's use of the term Islamic Fascists "strange" he should have called it hypocritical.

Is a gross over-simplification. Connecticut voters are very different from Georgia voters. Think about it a little bit.