Intellectual pygmies dwarves midgets hypocrites.

Bush lied, people died. Cindy Sheehan, Michael Moore. Do we have the essence of modern liberalism?

The truth is that our Left is so intellectually decrepit, so infected by dishonesty, so morally feeble that it has only breath enough to condemn American actions. . . .

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Competition is vital in a democracy. Conservatives should rue the moral and intellectual weakness of the contemporary Left. Without competition, every system atrophies. With honest competition, we all perform at a higher level. It’s a sad day for our country when the Left’s philosophy comes from Michael Moore.

"The Left’s Crimes of Silence." By Ralph Peters, FrontPageMagazine.com, 7/21/04.