Here’s a dose, from the LEFT, of the exact same type of over the top radical name calling that we hear ALL THE TIME from the right wing and the likes of Spinwits Hannity-Coulter-Limbaugh-etc.

Try not to be offended by the BuzzFlash editorial below. Instead, as you feel the rage welling up inside you at the unfair name calling, and the idiotic spinning and distorting, and the seeming hatemongering, then realize that you are walking in the shoes of the victims of Hannity-Coulter-Limbaugh-etc.

Sure would be nice if we stopped demonizing people because they disagreed with us, and instead elevated the debate to a civilized level and acknowledged that our opponents are rational people too (usually).

Terri Schiavo Was Just An Innocent Bystander To A Political, Elmer Gantry Circus Of GOP Political Opportunists And Religious Hucksters: “Terri Schiavo Was Just An Innocent Bystander To A Political, Elmer Gantry Circus Of GOP Political Opportunists And Religious Hucksters

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

Terri Schiavo deserves our sympathy and our Godspeed.

She was just an innocent bystander to a political, Elmer Gantry circus of GOP political opportunists and religious hucksters.

The origins of the travesty and moral crime of exploitation was a family feud of sorts. It was about a wrenching decision made thousands of times a year by Americans about loved ones who are in vegetative states or terminal conditions.

But with the help of the infamous Randall Terry and the GOP hypocrisy machine, a case long ago settled by the courts, was hijacked to advance Republican fortunes and fill the pocket books of celebrity fundamentalist preachers.

Terri Schiavo, like anyone in her situation, deserves our sympathy and our empathy. She didn’t ask for a three ring circus, but the Bush brothers and Tom ‘the Exterminator DeLay’ could care less about her dignity or her life. She’s only of use to them if her parents’ campaign can help them further consolidate power — or, in the case of DeLay, cling onto it amidst a rash of ethical and legal problems.

We are always a bit baffled when the mainstream media and centrist Democrats ‘concede’ that the Republicans have some sort of monopoly on the ‘values issue.’ The only value that the GOP leadership seems to consistently embrace is hypocrisy. Virtually, everything else is brazen showboating by hardened sinners and liars, immoral opportunists and slick river boat gamblers playing the role of saintly pious men.”