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The Politics of Stupidity

The American Left wants you to think that ALL Politics Of Personal Destruction come from the Right (eg., "Stupid Conservatives"). After all, that's what Hillary told us, right? And she is the self-proclaimed "Smartest Woman In America" (if you don't count 80% of actual women in America)!

So, it came as quite an embarrassment to members of the "High Road" Left to see that members of their ilk are - or were, until they got caught - trying to sell this t-shirt on Monday:



In case you can't read it, it says:

Dear Tom Delay,

Please commit suicide.

Sincerely, Everyone

The shirt was being sold by cafepress.com, an outfit that sells political paraphenelia of all persuasions. If you go here you will see this shirt among other Delay shirts for sale (one brilliantly expounds Tom DeLay - Evil GOP Bastard).

Click on the link for the offending shirt, and you get "We are sorry, but the product you requested could not be found. The page you are looking for may have been renamed, moved, or deleted.". Evidently, being outed by Matt Drudge has caused cafepress.com to pull the shirt from their store (the shirt was still online earlier on Monday, just so you know).

The shirt is the brainchild of Christopher Goodwin, some left-wing artist-type living in Washington, DC. He has developed other fun shirts for cafeexpress.com, with such brilliant witticisms as Bush Is Vile.

In being outed by Drudge, cafeexpress.com has simply pulled the shirt (it will probably re-appear in a few days - why waste the investment?); Goodwin has posted the following, typically Contrite Liberal apology on his blog:

The Tom DeLay suicide shirt was in poor taste. I apologize. Now, please stop sending me hate mail. I get the point.

Evidently, being outed as a hate-monder is cause for some serious self-reflection, or what passes for it in the arrogant American Left.

Not enough, it seems, for mister Goodwin, who has replaced his "Please Commit Suicide" shirt with this one:



It says:

Dear Tom Delay,

Please go away, far, far away.

Sincerely, Everyone

He has also updated the "apology" on his blog:

Earlier today, I came to my own conclusion that the Tom DeLay suicide shirt was in poor taste and could legitimately cause offense to people who have had to deal with suicide in their own families. I decided to pull the shirt from the web site.

Before I was able to take the shirt down, however, Drudge had posted it on his site, and I was immediately inundated with hate mail. As I've posted on my web site, www.goodwinart.com, I unreservedly apologize to anyone I offended with the shirt. I made a mistake.

Someone pointed out to me today that, by admitting I was wrong, I've shown a great deal more character than Mr. DeLay himself, who, it seems, can never admit to any wrongdoing.

For the record, I do not wish Tom DeLay dead, and of course I never expected him to heed the shirt's request. I just want him to resign.

I will be putting another anti-Tom DeLay shirt up for sale; this one, however, will not mention suicide.

Sincerely,
Christopher Goodwin

So, Mr. Goodwin "saw the light" before being outed by Drudge? Not likely. Who believes that? And he has obviously recanted his "apology", which wasn't much of an apology to begin with.

We've seen this all before.

Not wishing to be outdone by the loving Mr Goodwin, someone called "Crazy Liberal" (a statement too obvious for most people, evidently), is offering this shirt:



It says:

Dear Tom Delay,

Please drop dead.

Sincerely, The American People

This shirt is still for sale by cafeexpress.com as of this writing.

And in a final fit of subtelty, this t-shirt has also been offered by cafeexpress.com:



It says:

Kill Bush

Again, after being outed by Drudge, cafeexpress.com has pulled this one, but not, evidently (or, not yet) the "Delay Drop Dead" shirt.

Or how about these stamps from an "art" exhibit by Michael Hernandez deLuna at Columbia College's Glass Curtain Gallery titled "Axis of Evil, the Secret History of Sin".



It offers, among other items, this enlightening image:



What does this tell us about the these people?

First, they're really stupid. They obviously never learned anything from the Schiavo fiasco. The democrats as the "Right-To-Death" Party? How about just the "Death Party", since they obviously wish so much of it on people they disagree with?

Second, they really, really hate conservatives, and Republicans in general. This is the group that have, over the past 13 years, been painting Republicans as the party of hate, but who revealed themselves in toto in the 2004 presidential campaign as the true despisers.

The amount of pure HATRED spewed forth from such fronts as moveon.org (they don't deserve a link) was a real eye-opener to mainstream America. We conservatives understood the true measure of Liberals' acrimony for years. However, they seriously misjudged the observation powers of Middle America - they thought most people would continue to believe their lies, so they could push the envelope.

They were wrong.

Third, they are desperate. So desperate, in fact, that they are willing to hang their cerdibility as "The Party of Compassion" on the yardarm of of their anger.

Which is a good thing, really.

Because the more Liberals do this, the more Middle America sees them as they truly are:

Stupid, hateful, desperate people.



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posted by Tomás @ 4/11/2005 03:54:00 PM