The Liberal Inquisition - New York Times

The Liberal Inquisition - New York Times:

Senator Joe Lieberman has always seemed to me to be a decent man, sincere, moderate in most of his views, a statesman who I have respected. This attack from the liberal crazies of the Dean mold is a crying shame. These people will eventually implode or be cooked in their own vile juices. It's almost comical to watch Hillary and others try to straddle the chasm created by these mobsters. Their extremism will tear apart the Democratic Party and eventually help the Republicans, as Brooks suggests.

To sample their hyper-ventilation and the attacks on Brooks by pointing at it, visit this piece at Daily Kos.

"What's happening to Lieberman can only be described as a liberal inquisition. Whether you agree with him or not, he is transparently the most kind-hearted and well-intentioned of men. But over the past few years he has been subjected to a vituperation campaign that only experts in moral manias and mob psychology are really fit to explain. I can't reproduce the typical assaults that have been directed at him over the Internet, because they are so laced with profanity and ugliness, but they are ginned up by ideological masseurs who salve their followers' psychic wounds by arousing their rage at objects of mutual hate. "