Over in that special-needs blogging class we call RedState, they're declaring "war" on their Republican elected officials, which of course means that if it's anything like the war they've espoused in Iraq, by the end of it all, their targeted politicians will end up wealthier, more powerful, and better connected than they were before the war, just like Al Qaeda.  Good luck with that, kids.  I hope it brings you better dividends than your, uh, "Rightroots" Campaign did.

You know, I was a little shocked and taken aback earlier to read that GOP politicos aren't interested in harnessing the wellspring of talent available to them in the form of Right Wing bloggers.  What on earth could they be thinking?

This all has to really hurt for all those Wingnut Welfare Queens out there who have been spending the last couple years endorsing those fat checks from Claremont and Scaife and the AEI, building their little blog aggregates, having conferences and media panels, and blogging their wee, empty, black hearts out.  Remember when Pajamas Media was going to, like, totally dominate the Blogosphere? 

Whither Ace?  Tacitus?  Patterico?  Could it be that you guys have established such a reputation for yourselves as erratic cyber-Brownshirts that nobody wants you anymore?  Aw.  Poor little pointy-headed things.

But, you know, maybe not everyone on the Right is a frothing, poo-flinging lunatic like Atlas Pam.  Let's see what some other Right Voices are saying this week.  Maybe we'll find some decent, clear-thinking specimens to report to the GOP as possible recruits for their 2008 On-Line Initiative.

What's Michelle Malkin up to?  She's their little Multi-Media Powerhouse, right?  Surely, she knows that this is a time for decorum, restraint, and calm in the face of the Immigration Bill.  She's always been lecturing us "nutroots" activists that we're too hostile, too hateful, and too "unhinged" to ever hold any sway with legislators.  Let's see how she's handling things right now.

Here's your lunchtime blood-boiler: Video of the Michael Chertoff comment I mentioned this morning.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: You know, Wolf, first, I understand there's some people who expect anything other than capital punishment is an amnesty. The reality is the proposal here requires people who came in illegally who want to stay to pay a penalty. Like a fine. That's a punishment. That's not an amnesty.

Chertoff's playing from the same demonization handbook Linsday Graham is reading from: "We're gonna tell the bigots to shut up."

And yet, the bigots, as you and I know, Gentle Reader, will never shut up.  Actually, Malkin is in high, high dudgeon right now, spraying invective left and right in a truly dizzying array of fonts, colors, and links, updates, re-updates, cross-posts, and lots and lots of excalamation points.  All her years of tireless crusading against brown-skinned immigrants are coming to nought.  It must be a terrible strain on her nerves. 

The poor dear is even showing signs of Bush Derangement Syndrome:

The bigger "F**k you!"
By Michelle Malkin   ·   May 19, 2007 10:30 PM

So, open-borders sellout John McCain cursed out Sen. John Cornyn. Yawn.

I didn't get all worked up about it. You know why?

Because when it comes to "F**k yous!," no obscene utterance compares to the George W. Bush-backed, RNC-backed, Kennedy-conspired, fantasy-based amnesty profanity unleashed on conservatives and the country. Message:

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Oh, my goodness!  Miss Butter Wouldn't Melt in my Race-Baiting, Histrionic Mouth is not just swearing, but she's waving the birdie finger around, too?

Yeah.  Let's move on.

TBogg?  Did you have something you want to show to the class?

John Hawkins on the immigration bill:

If this bill passes the Senate, I'm going to organize multiple Googlebombs that target every Republican in the Senate who is up for reelection in 2008 and votes for this amnesty bill.

Oh, no, not the dreaded Google Bomb.  Oh, cry havoc.  Unleash the dogs of waaaaaaaah. 

I'm going to find the worst, most damaging, hit pieces on the entire world wide web and I'm going see to it that every person who searches for the name of a pro-amnesty Republican in the Senate will see those articles. I organized GoogleBombs last year that targeted Democratic candidates and we got 70 out of 86 negative links in the top 30 search results on Google. This year, since we have more time, we will probably have an even higher success rate.

Hawkins, I've got some bad news for you.  I know that Google Bombs are enough of a deadly, truly frightening agency of destruction that any sane man or woman would quail in their boots to be threatened with such awesome fire-power.  There's just one problem.  Google re-wrote their software to make nuisance-linking a thing of the past.

So, what's next?  The even-more-dreaded Liquid Paper napalm drop? 

How much will that hurt? It'll probably cost these Republican Senators a few thousand votes each — but how many of these pro-amnesty Republicans feel comfortable throwing even a few thousand votes away? I guess we'll find out….but that's not all I'm going do.

Last year, I organized the Rightroots effort to raise more than a quarter of a million dollars for Republican candidates in the last 3 months of the election. This year, if this amnesty bill passes, I'm going to organize a group of blogers to raise money for any viable primary challengers to pro-amnesty Republicans in the Senate. I'm also going to offer those candidates my services, pro-bono, as a consultant, to try to get their names out in the blogosphere. On top of that, I'm going to hunt down every single piece of dirt I can find on the pro-amnesty Republicans and I'm going to release it in the blogosphere. Put another way, if you're a Republican Senator up for reelection in 2008 and you vote for amnesty — and you face a viable primary challenger — I've got two words for you,

Scorched Earth.

Well, it looks like Mr. Hawkins is busy right now.  Perhaps we should politely withdraw and come back later.

Who else can there be?  You know, I just got a note from Melanie Morgan a few weeks ago.  She was saying that us anti-war lefties were turning the politicians and population against ourselves with our "despicable", "terrorist-loving" ways and our oh, so vile and hateful rhetoric.  Well, I'm sure that she's taking a much more tactful and responsible course to keeping the increasingly war-weary GOP in line.  You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, right, ma?

What was it again that she was saying on her fateful trip to NewsHour?

Oh, right:

 MELANIE MORGAN: Well, I would just want to send a message to all of the congressional representatives and the senators. Much like MoveOn.org, our side, on the right, those who support the troops and support their mission and victory in Iraq, will be watching their votes. Any Republicans who waver whatsoever, we will be targeting them, as well.

Mmmmm, great.  Melanie Morgan, Congressional Stalker.  She should get new business cards.

This is a long-term war. And I'm sorry that Mr. Soltz doesn't seem to understand that we can't snap our fingers and be out of Iraq tomorrow. There's nobody who wants our men and women, our sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters back immediately.

But we are paying attention. We will raise the money, a dollar at a time, and we will continue to roll out our ads and take out newspaper columns. We will write our congressmen and our representatives, and we will be just as active, energized and engaged as those on the leftist, anti-American, anti-war side. And you can count on it.

Tsk, tsk.  Sounds like somebody left her copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" in the back of a cab.  Or maybe misplaced it in the massive gulf between what she says and the truth.

No matter, there's nothing wrong with this crowd that a generation or two out of power won't fix.

Look how much good it's done us.

Rightards, if you guys need some advice and pointers about how to successfully organize your on-line presence and wield a little political clout, well, I don't really know what to tell you.  I think in your case that rancor, chaos, and acrimony are chronic conditions.  I believe your only answer may be mass suttee.

But good luck and all that.  We'll be right here laughing at you.