ARTIFICIAL DRAMA – AT 7:19 P.M. ET:  The Democrats are milking every ounce out of the story that some House members have gotten death threats because they voted for health-care "reform."  They're also milking the story, about which there are real doubts, that black members of Congress were subjected to racial catcalls on Saturday.

Some members of the House are increasing their security, and the FBI is investigating some of the threats.

Look, no one, obviously, should make death threats.  Sadly, threats occur all the time.  There are always some nuts out there, as the Secret Service knows very well.  The Republican leadership has already denounced any such threats, which is the proper thing to do.

However, the obvious attempt by the Dem leadership to link threats to Republicans, to the tea party groups, or to opposition to the health bill, is dishonest.  It's a throwback to the "we are victims" mentality of the 1960s, and once again we see an attempt by the left wing of the Democratic Party to return to that era, for which it is plainly nostalgic.

There is also increasing criticism of conservative talk-show hosts for "extreme" language.

Do some hosts on the right go overboard?  Yes.  Do some on the left?  Yes.  Both should stop it.

I'd be a lot more generous toward these complaints of extremism if they were made equally - denunciations of both right and left for going over proper limits.  I was monitoring the cable news networks today, and saw resident leftist Rick Sanchez of CNN report on this story, telling us only about threats against liberals.  But there have been any number of threats against conservatives who've tried to speak on college campuses, and the bleeding hearts are entirely indifferent to them. 

When we get some equal reporting, then we'll talk.

March 24,  2010