Yes, you are soo much more mature

ThinkProgress has a post responding to Laura Ingraham's response to the left criticizing her about her criticism of Meghan McCain. Follow that? No?

Well, Meghan been running around lately expressing her views on the Republican party and it's right wing icons. Much was made by the left of Laura Ingraham using the term "plus-sized" in a derogatory sense, in criticizing Meghan McCain. McCain herself was not happy with the use, as she then expressed on The View:

Well, Laura thinks that we are using a double standard. After all, Al Franken calls Rush Limbaugh a "Big Fat Idiot", why is turnabout not fair play. She wants us to hear the clip in all it's glory, so, click through here, and give a listen.

Done listening?

Seriously? She wanted us to listen to a juvenile hack job of a young person taking an active interest in politics? Forget the "plus-size" snark, the rest was just embarrassing. She didn't even directly address a single point made! She just made fun of her the whole time.

Hello! Your party is getting 'older' by the day! Alienating the young crowd isn't going to help! And not for nothing but somewhat vapid and engaged is, in my opinion, an upgrade from the belligerent and ignorant crowd we saw at the tail end of the last campaign.

I wonder if her and her ilk understand how this stuff sounds to the middle? At least people like Stephanie Miller are A) upfront in their desire to rip apart people a B) generally make fun of the points being made and not just the presentation.

None of them understand this though. Just listen to Charles Krauthammer and Mort Kondracke:

(Think Progress' transcript at the end in case the video is still having problems.)

You see, they don't understand how they sound. They sound nuts to independents and moderates. Further, while they stoke their base the latter type of stuff incites people. Are they trying to have some right wing nut job show up at an AIG office, or any Wall St. office for that matter, with a gun?

Somehow, I think that might be counter to what they think they want to accomplish. Republicans in the last fifteen years don't seem to be able to comprehend how their actions may achieve results counter to their interests. Hopefully, nobody gets hurt this time. You know like the 4,000 plus U.S. dead in Iraq. Or the 90 odd thousand civilian deaths there.

ThinkProgress transcript:

KRAUTHAMMER: I’m all in favor of keeping this heaping opprobrium. I would deny them the bonuses if possible. I would be for an exemplary hanging or two. Have it in Times Square, invite Madame DuFarge. You borrow a guillotine from the French and we could have a party. If that’s what it takes to maintain popular support, let’s do it. But it’s not going to change anything economically. […]

KONDRACKE: I was going to recommend boiling in oil in Times Square, but look, because these are the people who invented these crazy credit default swaps that are leading to the whole disaster.

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern

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