http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/printmm20040310.shtml
Those oh-so-compassionate liberals could hardly contain their glee upon hearing the news that Attorney General John Ashcroft is suffering from a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis.
"He has it coming. He is utterly sub-human and evil. Suffer, bastard," gloated an Internet user on the DemocraticUnderground.com Web site. "(T)he world would be better off without him," responded another writer on the forum. "I hope he is in the most severe pain a human being can suffer, and after that, I hope he remains in constant pain with no hope of relief," chimed in yet another bleeding-heart Democrat. Out in Hollywood, comedian Bill Maher echoed these unsparing sentiments during his HBO talk show monologue, speculating that Ashcroft contracted his unimaginably painful and potentially deadly illness from "wiping his (expletive) with the Bill of Rights." The audience roared with laughter.
Anyone who would wish Ashcroft personally ill is a jerk. I can't stand the job he's done as AG, but I bear him no ill will as a human being.
In any case, there are plenty of reasons to hate Ashcroft - as the AG - and the fact that he has come down with such a painful and debilitating illness does not change a damn thing. It's just plain stupid to exult in his personal misfortune - the Irony Fairy will probably be on the case any minute now - but sympathy for the man does not translate into the slightest need to call off our campaign against his dreadful attempt to use the 9-11 tragedy to clamp down on our rights.
And the actions of a few jerks do not discredit the liberal community - unless, by extension, I can use Rod Paige's loathesome "NSEA = terrorist organization" comments to discredit all conservatives everywhere. (Especially since people posting on a Web site, and even Bill Maher, are not elected or appointed governmental officials and thus don't bear as much responsibility as Paige does.)
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