re: #916 Killgore Trout

Lefties assume that the great conversion at LGF is because of the superiority of leftist thought instead of the fact that lefties were batshit insane under the Bush years. Michael Moore and Dan Rather were lying douchebags. 9-11 conspiracies and antisemitism were rife on Dkos and other lefty sites. Rove was to the lefties what Acorn is to conservatives today. The Palestenians are still genocidal maniacs. Just because the right went nuts doesn’t really excuse what the left was doing under the Bush regime. Crazy is as crazy does.

I don’t know about all that! As a Leftie, I thought many, certainly not all, of the complaints about Bush were legit targets. The parts of the Patriot Act that dealt with wire tapping, for one. I’m not a fan of the faith based initiative. Tax cuts for the rich. Off the top of my tired little head.

I think what folks don’t get is that they never got Charles. He didn’t speak much about domestic policy in the early years, but when he did, he was usually (always?) on the Left. Terri Schiavo comes to mind.

I never heard of the idea that this place jogged Left because it’s the superior thought (I mean, I certainly think so lol). Charles didn’t so much go to the Left as much as he gave up on the Right… if that makes sense.