I’m Sick And Tired of These Jackasses…

Joshua Holland (7:24PM) link

There must be a shortage of conservative commentators who can put together a cogent and honest argument. Today the Los Angeles Times--that liberal rag--debuted David Gelernter, their new columnist, and boy is he full of it.

Gelernter--a Yale computer science professor and a Weekly Standard contributor, takes every hawkish smear and distortion against liberals and puts it all in a bucket, never skimping on the paté, in this doozy of a column:

Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith of the U.S. Army was the first Iraq war soldier to win the Congressional Medal of Honor -- posthumously. On April 4, 2003, a group of American soldiers building a POW compound were slammed by a surprise attack. Smith organized a defense, then moved under fierce fire to an unprotected machine gun. He kept firing as the wounded were brought to safety and the attack driven off. Meanwhile he was hit, fatally.

OK, a heroic military ideal. It's a good start--whips us right into a patriotic lather. But I bet those damn liberals are somehow going to disparage his legacy. You watch--that's what they do.