When the right starts pushing back

...we know we have a good candidate. The ultra-conservatives are whining and criticizing and taking Al's arguments apart. Here are a few examples:

• INSIGHT on Freedom -- why do all the ultra right-wing sites have flags all over them? Do they need to be reminded they're Americans?
  
• War and Reason: Why we fight in Iraq -- No, Donald, just because Gore attacks the reasons we went to Iraq and Bush for making them does not mean he's rallying Americans to hate the troops. The troops are doing what they're told. They won't be shunned when they return by all of us Dems who feel that the war shouldn't have been fought or dragged on so long.
  
• Flopping Aces -- The comments are actually more interesting than the blog post. And why is it that the left, in this issue of climate crisis, doesn't call too many people names, but the right resorts to kindergartener behavior and throws insults at people (namely, Gore)?
  
• ScienceBlogs -- "Fuddy duddy"? That's the best these people can come up with? Puh-lease.

There are more, but they're just more of the same -- name-calling and people who don't understand how air moves, not to mention, holds gases and particles of junk.

It's sad, but when I read some of the posts on the Internet, I realize that a lot of people in America -- all of whom have their right to speak their minds, of course -- just don't understand the need for wise usage of power and resources. "Don't waste water." "Turn off the lights when you leave a room." Our parents have been telling us these things our whole lives. Whether it's for cost or because you shouldn't waste limited resources, it's just common sense. Are the people who throw names not blessed with common sense? I have to believe most of America has a thinking head on their shoulders. I have to believe that Al thinks that, too. Else why would he want to lead these people?!