Amazing what a little bit of reason will do. ReallyRightGuy over at Illinois Review chastises Ralf Seiffe for calling on folks to “Denounce Carter” because of Pres. Carter’s recent statements about the Bush Administration’s propensity to exacerbate problems by ignoring them. RRG in effect says instead, ‘Denounce Ralf Seiffe (and his ad hominem attacks)‘:

Good journalism would provide the URL of the complete Carter statement, so we can reach our own conclusions, instead of a one-word snippet.

It does not befit a principled conservative to question the mental competence of individuals who disagree with us. Its fine to call a policy nutz or counterproductive, but ad homonims [sic] are pointless.

Hear! Hear! More please…

Isn’t it refreshing to catch a little whiff of fresh rationality in the midst of so much conserva-partisan vitriol and loathing?

You don’t like it that Pres. Carter pointed out how the conservative policy of letting an open wound fester only makes things worse? Fine. Say so and explain yourself in so doing. But simply railing on a former president because he happens to hold other worldviews and has different ideas than you … well that’s childish.

Mr. Seiffe takes it several steps further though. Says he: “Republicans have the chance to take the kind of jab at Democrats that the Democrats have served up to our side forever. The question is whether the Republicans will recognize the opportunity and have the sang froid to exploit it.”

In other words, Mr. Seiffe wants to gain political chits by calling on his comrades to “exploit” someone’s remarks about a bloody coup (in which many were murdered).

Exploiting people’s murder?

The only word for that is disgusting. Well, maybe disgusting and sick. Twisted would work too.

And isn’t it odd that he considers speaking up and pointing out errors that cost people their lives to be a “jab”? Maybe the reason such truth-telling has been served up for “forever” is because what the conservatives are doing isn’t working. Pres. Reagan was elected, in part, in the wake of the Iran hostage crisis… And where are we with Iran now, nearly three decades on (with most of that time under Republican presidents)?