People come by here to disagree with me about Matters Political, and just to make their arguments more "persuasive," they throw some insult in that's based on data in a personal post.

I see you know the joy of it all!

Yep. It's just a cheap way to score points off people. And on the internet, no less--how embarrassing for them, because you know they would never have the nerve to do similarly to your face.

Besides, as you pointed out, it's really not likely to win them any friends or influence any people.

I usually treat it like public farting, and politely ignore it, asssuming their ineptly expressed nastiness just "slipped out."

I usually treat it like public farting

But it's not nearly as funny.

Guys are such . . . guys. Really.

Well, hot damn, did you see CNN play the theme song from our website "Americansforrice.com" on December 26? It was on The Situation Room, and Jackie was shaking her bod a bit, cute cute. Anyway, CNN had just replayed the Wolf Blitzer interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, (wearing her pink VULCAN jacket) then Tom Foreman referred to our efforts to promote Madam Rice as our next president. So it was great to see americansforrice.com on the CNN screen. Discussing politics on your blog is fine, and no one is expecting every person to be a solid Bush supporter. Democrats can discuss the issues of the day, as long as they stop the nasty comments. When they lower themselves to name-calling and attacks with mean-spirited junk, they lose the debate and I move on. Keep giving us a place to vent our frustrations as well as celebrate the JOYs of life. That is what makes a blog fun, and life should be fun too.

Thanks, Crystal!