The usual right-wingers have gotten to the “bottom of the slide” again.

In case you’re wondering, the Drudge-initiated wingnut circle-jerk over Obama’s “combative outburst” [sic] with a reporter is all about race.

Given an understanding that politics is not much more than war without weapons (usually), it shouldn’t be surprising that there’s a lot of ill will involved.

Emerson said, “…wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things.” It’s in his essay, “Nature,” and he was talking about the sacrifice of sacred truth to profane ambitions: