Many of the problems of the Left come from the lack of original ideas liberals have. This problem is noticeable by a quick look at the post-Stuart Smalley career of Al Franken. His Air America radio show was originally titled "The O'Franken Factor," meant as a jab at the popular Fox News TV show "The O'Reilly Factor," hosted by conservative Bill O'Reilly. In a wisecrack against O'Reilly's employer, Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," O'Franken, I mean, Franken wrote a book called, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Another Franken book is Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot.
Lesser known Clint Wills edited a book called The I Hate Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity. . . Reader: The Hideous Truth About America's Ugliest Conservatives.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't conservatives supposed to be the meanies?
Even my favorite university, DePaul, gets into the act. Holocaust-minimizer Norman G. Finkelstein has based much of his out-of-the-classroom career picking fights with noted author and law professor Alan M. Dershowitz. Although Dersh is not a conservative, his stances on Israel, the War on Terror, and Iran are on the right side of the aisle. Finkelstein's latest book is Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, one of Dershowitz' best-known books is Chutzpah.
And now, these tactics--even with their spotty level of success, have slithered into the playbook of organized labor in their jihad against Wal-Mart.
Last week, Wal-Mart rolled out a new web site, PaidCritics. The site lambastes the seemingly agenda-free critics of the retail giant--PaidCritics launched last week. Just a few days later, the United Food and Commercial Union funded WakeUpWal-Mart.com, put this site on line, A Bunch of Greedy Right Wing Liars who Work for Wal-Mart.com
Will they ever learn?
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