Glenn, you wrote: Ignatius did exactly the same in his column last week where he warned Democrats that they would pay a steep price unless they capitulated on FISA.

Well, Ignatius speaks and Pelosi and Reid listen, and fall into line. The New York Times headlines late Monday online: Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers.

Oh, but we're assured by a Pelosi hack that it'll be a better bill this time, even if it's good for another five years or so: "We are giving the N.S.A. what it legitimately needs for national security but with far more limitations and protections than are in the Protect America Act,” said Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

And why are the Democrats rolling over to expose their soft underbelly to the Top Dog? Says the article: Although willing to oppose the White House on the Iraq war, they remain nervous that they will be called soft on terrorism if they insist on strict curbs on gathering intelligence.

You know, pundidiots like Ignatius and Broder may be mere stenographers grateful to be on the White House "A" list for access, but Pelosi and Reid are even greater dumbasses. They're too stupid to realize how powerful they actually are, and where this power comes from, and so, slack-jawed and witless, they read pundidiots and believe everything they read.

It's ironic: They're so afraid of being called soft on terrorism that they surrender the enormous power they have to challenge such baseless epithets. In other words, they fear being labeled "weak" so much that they fear using their strength.

The Democrats' abysmal behavior is not only traitorous to the voters who put their faith in them but is beginning to reveal a chilling truth: Pelosi and Reid actually don't fear being perceived as weak; rather, they actually do subscribe to the methods the Bush administration employs to subvert the Constitution and make America the enemy of the world. They actually believe in domestic spying, the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, and all the other Bush programs designed to neuter Congress and castrate the Constitution.

Actions speak louder than words, and Pelosi and Reid are little lambs being led to slaughter. In the eyes of history, they will be regarded as weak not on terrorism but on their constitutional duties, and their weakness will be seen as having enabled an authoritarian president to weaken the Constitution and the nation beyond repair.

I am here dripping sweat like a poked-pig. Me whipped bad.

I spooning a bowl of Pho- it ain't got no dog heads or fish tales.

It is as hot as a fire fight when none get a bullet via the head.

It's hot in O-hi-O tonight too. A nice night in the garden. Tired tonight, but last night was my 'whipped' night. August in October? Still warm for pond-wading....candlelight in the pond?

Surrender to the 'David's' would mean not enjoying the fall peepers....rest Bebop-o. Don't go to whipped 'bad'.

Stop at whipped 'good'. ;->

I used to think that David Broder was a reasonable commentator in the past when I saw him on WASHINGTON WEEK. Broder has proven to be a SENILE IDIOT and an ANUS-KISSING ALLY of Bushland Uber Allies along with David Ignatius. The SHEER INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY of these two PEABRAINS in a POD-DUH(to use a pronounciation by the late, great Oliver Norville Hardy) is REALLY SOMETHING, a DISGUSTING REALITY of the Mainstream Media(MSM) who, far from being to the LEFT, are Democrat-hating, CARD-CARRYING, FELLOW-TRAVELLING, QUISLING-COWARD PAID-IN-FULL MEMBERS of Bushland Uber Allies!!!!! Whether you are an innocent-looking and -seeming BUSH-LOVER like David Brooks or a RABID FEROCIOUS SLAVERING JAWED COWARDLY ATTACK MUTT THAT RUNS AWAY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A RAISED HAND WITH A ROLLED-UP NEWSPAPER IN IT like Bill O'LIE-lly, Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin, Rusty Humphries, Rush Limburger, Michael Savage, Melanie Morgan, Ann Coulter, Tammy Bruce, Jonah Goldberg, Norman Podhoretz, David Frum, et cetera AD NAUSEUM, ONE THING is VERY CLEAR, and that is that the MSM is BIASED towards the RIGHT, not the LEFT! Like the GOOD LITTLE NAZI-FASCIST FASCIST-NAZI SYMPATHIZERS THEY ARE, the MSM is A VALUABLE ALLY who is SEEKING TO PLUG UP THE MYRIAD HOLES IN THE SINKING SHIP OF STATE IN A USELESS ATTEMPT TO HELP Bushland Uber Allies STAY AFLOAT----BETTER THEY SHOULD LET THOSE Bushland Uber Allies NAZI-FASCIST FASCIST-NAZI SCUM RATS DROWN and the MSM SCUM RATS DROWN ALONG WITH THEM!!!!!

What if I did all the blog-mgmt? Prolific writers here could simply send me their text...

In case you aren't aware, Glenn started a new thread on the reply he got from Abe Foxman of the ADL.

I am here dripping sweat like a poked-pig. Me whipped bad.

I spooning a bowl of Pho- it ain't got no dog heads or fish tales.

It is as hot as a fire fight when none get a bullet via the head.

Wow- You the one who running the girls off? I blame that damn Glenn.

It all reminds me of crazy old Colonel Nicholsen, who after working so hard on the Bridge on the River Kwai, actually led the Japanese Soldiers to the commandos sent to blow it up, and only in the last moments of his life, realized he had been deluded to the point of insanity, and Treason.

Such are the 28%ers who follow Bush off the cliff, not because they believe anything he says anymore, but because those damn Leftist Demon-crats are against him, and their hate is all the reason they need.

The Medical Officer, Major Clipton, watching the entire chain of wacky events without being able to do anything to stop them, is the vast majority of the America people, and after witnessing event after insane Bushco event, can only utter the same conclusory description of it all: Madness,.....madness....

"These are shooters who are packing."

I know the feeling. In 2002/2003 I was of the opinion that once the American people found out about the torture and the lies and the corruption and the politics there would be new protests that would make the Vietnam protests seem "quiaint."

I now realize how wrong I was.

I made my feelings known then and was constantly threatened with being reported to the CIA and FBI. And then sent to Gitmo to be tortured.

I really didn't think too much about the threats. But then, I was traveling out-of-country quite a bit.

It seemed everytime I checked in and went through security I would be sent to a room and questioned as to the purpose of my trip, who I was seeing, when I was returning, etc. It felt like I was only person being singled out. Then I put 2 and 2 together and did some research into the national data bases and realized they were a reality.

Maybe the questionings were ramdom and I am being, oh, I forget the word.

Oh yeh, I remember a Woody Allen movie, and I'll paraphrase a conversation. There's this guy telling Woody that "there are some people out there who are afraid of everything. They think there is always something evil lurking around every corner. You know, there's a word for this kind of thinking."

Woody replied, "yeh, reality!"