Bolsheviks. They Never Change.

The Corner:

Savages [Jonah Goldberg]

Some commenters at Daily Kos:

"If health insurance for all, an end to the Iraq War, an end to torture and illegal wiretapping, and a sane energy policy can be obtained at the price of destroying one teenage girl, her family, and the surrendering our self-respect I see that as a cheap trade."

And:

"Are you telling me that you would not use character-destroying lies to ensure a war against Iran does not occur? . . . What choice do we have? When faced with monsters, we have to be monstrous ourselves."

And:

Are you telling me you would not destroy the love a family holds for one another, even if it meant letting someone who would destroy the constitution become president?

Jody Bottum has much, much more.

Here is more:

Are you telling me you would not spread lies about a man’s integrity, even if it defeated a candidate who take away the right to choose?

Yes. Enforcing open season on babies would call for ruthlessness, wouldn't it? Is slaughter an unfortunate by-product, or the whole point for these people?

Says Bottum:

“When faced with monsters, we have to be monstrous ourselves.” Well, no, but even if it were so, think one step deeper: What happens when the monsters are merely in your mind? When they are ordinary politicians whose views you so strongly reject that you have to elevate them into monsters to explain to yourself why they could hold such mistaken views?

This is the blade by which politics turns to bloodshed.