Open Letter to Conservatives

Someone from TPM has written an open letter to conservatives, outlining many hypocrisies that have come out of the Republican party. He includes specific instances for every accusation he makes.

You can't flip out -- and threaten impeachment - when Dems use a parliamentary procedure (deem and pass) that you used repeatedly (more than 35 times in just one session and more than 100 times in all!), that's centuries old and which the courts have supported. Especially when your leaders admit it all.

What disturbs me about this list, however, is actually mentioned--sort of--in the list: "smear an entire major religion with the actions of a few fanatics." It seems a little disingenuous to write that and the smear an entire party based on the actions of a few. Some things on the list are endemic to the party -- certainly their reticence to criticize wackos in their ranks -- but a lot of the items listed are the product of a few people here and there.

On the one hand, this is a great list--it's cathartic and amusing. In the end, though, it does nothing to improve the political atmosphere and seems unlikely to persuade anyone who hasn't already joined the choir.