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Mary Katherine Ham admits to having a bad week that challenged her optimism. Really, who can blame her? It has been a week where a lot of cards have been shown openly in the high-stakes political game that is being played out right now. The left has shown they are more than happy to openly promote real censorship as opposed to their phony cries of being repressed. The Democrats have embraced this insanity, going so far as to having Democratic Senators threaten ABC's broadcast license.

The whole thing's got me, not just angry, but pessimistic. It's not an emotion that often overcomes me. But over the last couple days, I've watched the new face of the Democratic Party applaud two threats (one from the actual Senate) on ABC's broadcast license. I've watched their unabashed intellectual dishonesty in abandoning the "larger truth" argument when it doesn't suit their objectives anymore (yes, it was a flawed argument, but some consistency at least?). I've watched them nominate a 9/11 Truther for Congress , and I've watched "Screw Loose Change," an extensive debunking of the Truthers' arguments. 

It's easy to read this stuff, blog about it, acknowledge it as loopy, and never let the sheer weight of the crazy hit you, you know? Maybe it's some sort of self-defense mechanism for the eternal optimist. But this week? Wow.

Listen, I'm a conservative and a Republican. I'm not exactly one for getting all Kumbaya with Democrats, especially since that usu sally means going all maverick and dropping most of your principles. But, I do believe in the need for two, strong, viable national parties to check each other.

She is, of course, exactly right here. What is scary about this is the utter contempt the left is showing for the ultimately sound judgment of the American electorate. The voters actually do know how to separate fact from fiction, and they actually do recognize who is really trying to curtail speech in this country. The left assumes them to be stupid and easily led. This is an appallingly bad assumption on their part. It is also a recipe for electoral disaster in the long run. Continue to talk down to the people you need to support you and you will not remain a viable party in the long run.

That is, as Mary Katherine points out, not at all good for the country. I am not yet completely pessimistic about the political situation, but I am becoming worried that the Democrats are going off a cliff, following the lemmings on the far left.