Schmuckraking

Schmuckraking: because 'fisking' isn't strong enough a word...

(Lileks has a more polite take on the diatri... er, 'article' in question. He also provides a direct link to it, which is more than it deserves.)

Okay. Now I get it.

No he doesn't.

And because I do, I now have a better understanding for the likes of President Bush, Pat Robertson - even John Carlson. They can't help themselves.

I now have a better understanding for the likes of Howard Dean, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Kleagle Byrd. They're brainwashed.

According to a new study published in the American Political Science Review, being politically conservative is, in part, a matter or genetics.

According to the facts, being politically liberal is a matter of brainwashing.

I've long wondered how an otherwise seemingly rational person could adhere so strictly to stilted ideologies; how they could be so consistently willing to smother a sense of social well-being.

I've long wondered how these idiots could adhere so strictly to faulty ideologies; how they could, while calling themselves 'caring' and 'tolerant', be so consistently willing to kill anyone, especially non-whites and unborn babies, who stands in their way.

It's merely a matter of having been dumped in the shallow end of the gene pool.

It's merely a matter of having been brainwashed.

They're sorta like the puppy who piddles in the middle of the floor: They just don't know any better.

He's so devoid of independent thought, the idea that others can think for themselves never crosses his mind.

To be sure, the study says that how someone is raised may determine their political party affiliation, but it's genetics that appears to set one on a philosophically conservative course.

To be sure, the study says that how poorly their parents raised them may determine their political party affiliation, but it's brainwashing that appears to set one on a philosophically liberal course.

To me, that helps explain why PBS threatens their intellect, or why they are so at peace with going to war.

To me, that helps explain why Fox threatens their intellect, or why they are so at peace with killing babies.

It's not that conservatives mean to favor the rich over the poor and middle class.

It's not that liberals mean to live in a fantasy world where actions have no consequences. (Did someone say Chappaquiddick?)

And it's not that they'd rather drill for oil than preserve the environment.

And it's not that they'd rather supplicate themselves to fascists, terrorists, and totalitarians than lift one finger to help anyone but themselves.

Because it's not really their fault. They're just born that way.

They're just brainwashed morons.