Topology of a Nightmare

>What matters is that the Dems have defined the rules of the game in 2001-2008 and now they are going to have to play by them.<

In a normal world this would be so. But this is not in a normal world. At the beginning of 2010, we find ourselves in the fog and chaos of a war, as ever - a war the Conservatives are losing. The media still hasn't flipped. Neither has academe, Wikipedia, the unions, etc. Neither has our ruling class in Washington. ...and they won't. They won't strop until they've confiscated Lou's laptop and broken his fingers. Their desire for revenge will never be mitigated by reason or by what seems fair. Lou does not see this because he is not driven by a boundless hatred as they are. Lou still sees them as people who can be reasoned with.

What they'll do is ignore us and push outrageously ahead. I now know what happened to Limbaugh. He was on vacation and he happened to read the newspaper. He became emotionally overwrought by the administration’s response to the panty bomber. For the first time, perhaps, he was gripped by a palpable fear for his country. No longer would clever partiasn rhetoric stem the looming disaster. It had demonstrably gone beyond. He realized that his words were no longer enough. And even that was denied him by virtue of being on vacation.

Rush was not alone. Savage too was on vacation. He came back to work earlier than planned. He said he felt that at a time like this his listeners needed him. I don’t really think it was quite like that. It was just that Mike needed to vent.