I'm no history whiz, but wasn't guerilla warfare one major reason we won the American Revolution?

I was so intrigued by Mitch's posts about the Coleman show that I tuned in. This was the first show I listened to, and I literally could not beleive my ears. Even after reading Coleman's columns in recent months, where he backhands all the local bloggers and writers he disagrees with, I was unprepared for the level of invective he spews--continuously. Throughout this particular program, aired Wednesday, he went after Bush, the administration, Hinderaker, Republicans and conservatives in general like they were the worst people who had ever walked the earth. Kind of like the hatred I reserve for child torturers and mass murderers. The comment cited here about how "nothing good has come from, or will come from this war" was typical of his drumbeat on Iraq. Think Tokyo Rose crossed with Michael Moore and that's pretty much what you get with Nick's show. Thursday I tuned in a second time to hear Coleman rip Craig Westover incessantly, along with any "wingnuts" and "furry fundamentalists" who want to give kids a chance at a decent education. I already knew that I pretty much disagreed with everything Coleman beleives, but the level of discourse, or more correctly lack of level was simply staggering. He uses ad hominem attack as a first resort. I mean to say that the man is certifiable. And the fact that he has weekly columns in a major newspaper and his own radio show on public airwaves does not speak well of our nation at this time.

Man, you really get pissy when someone accuses The Right of racism, but you sure don't have any problem throwing accusations of your own around. You know damn well that intelligent liberals have legitimate reasons to oppose the war, just as intelligent conservatives have legitimate reasons to support it.

But I guess arguing at a first grade level is kind of fun.

Finch,

What do you call "first grade?" The fact that I caught Nick Coleman in some typical, crushing historical illiteracy?

Is all criticism of left-wing icons "first grade?"

My characterization of Coleman's radio voice - well, that's just a guy who's done it for living making informed comment. You can agree, you can disagree, whatever, but you ad-homine really add nothing.