Civility Watch

In celebration of the President's call for civility in the public discourse, some thoughts from Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post.

He is a civil gentleman, who civilly explains why the irritation level in the US may be a bit elevated these days.

The Left live by a simple credo: The dim, led by the malicious, vote incorrectly. 

The rest of us find this, well, uncivil.


So, in the interests of civility, OS hopes you take time to read the thoughtful essay linked above.

O Heavens, OldSouth Underestimated The Spin!

Just a few posts ago, OldSouth speculated on the list of parties who would be blamed were Scott Brown to win the Senate special election in Massachusetts.

It's the racists.
It's the teabaggers.
It's Rush and the radioheads.
It's the homophobe pro-lifer fascist zealots.
It's Bush's fault(always a favorite...).
It's Martha Coakley's fault.
It's the voters' fault--they were all duped into voting for the wrong person--we must repeat the election.
It really wasn't a legal election, 'cuz a Democrat didn't win. (Therefore he can't be seated.)

Along comes Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's pet attack dog, with this rant that hits most of the points on the list.

Really, OldSouth was attempting (lamely, it appears) to be a bit tongue-in-cheek.

Along comes Olbermann, unbidden and unrehearsed.

To quote the great Jeff Foxworthy: 'Folks, I just can't make this stuff up!'