Hate as a political ideology

And no, I'm not talking about the Klu Klux Klan. The liberal elite seems to be beating a new drum - secession from the union. Read Secession from the Washington Times:

This dominant sentiment of the Democratic Party elite — that scores of millions of Americans are categorically unacceptable as fellow countrymen — is evidence of a cancer in the soul of that party. These Democrats, quite expressly, are asserting that "Christers," people who believe in the teachings of Jesus as described in the inerrant words of the Bible, are un-American, almost sub-human. Some of these Democrats would rather secede than stay in the same country with such people. If they were in the majority with no need to secede, what would they do? Their bigoted and absolutist view of religious people is at least a second cousin to the Nazi view of the Jews.

Somehow, vocal democrats from bloggers to the New York Times are just alright with the idea that it's better for the blue states to split off and form their own country than to stay in the same country with such backward-thinking people as voted in the majority in the last election. Powerline has a summary of several such points of view, here and here. They are so convinced their viewpoints are the only right ones they cannot fathom the idea they may have lost because they are in the minority. I've read more than one blog which sees the flood of red as a barometer of the cluelessness of "flyover country" (the red states between New York and Los Angeles). A perfect example is Barbra Streisand, who managed to offend both parties with her blog entry of a November 8. Michelle Malkin dissects the flaws in her logic, and also links to several other pages with more info. I am continuously amazed at how much credence is given to the opinions of both reporters and Hollywood personalities, without regard to their credibility. (I use the words credence and credibility together intentionally.) I haven't uploaded images here until now, but I feel these deserve some special treatment. The first is the image Michael Moore posted on his website November 3. This is a photomosaic of all the American soldiers killed in combat in Iraq. Moore intended this to be a slam on our President, but much of the blogosphere has taken this instead to be a tribute to our soldiers and their Commander-in-Chief. The next is the response, composited from pictures of some other Americans from a slightly different camera angle. The third is a retread from the 2000 elections which seems to apply more now than ever before.