The rules never changed, but not for lack of hoping

Katha Pollitt's new editorial is pretty interesting--it's about all the whining that the right is doing about "Bush bashing".

The wingnuts who whine that liberals aren't supposed to go on the offensive or even laugh at people we don't like amuse me. They have been lying about liberals, calling us humorless wimps, for so long they began to believe their own bullshit. Not a good strategy. It's best to keep track of your own lies so that you can adapt more easily--something Bill O'Reilly should have learned a long time ago. Luckily, this conservative tendency to believe your own bullshit is biting them in the ass, particularly as their supposed leader has a big problem with it.