NUT CASE OF THE DAY – AT 11:00 A.M. ET:  Michelle Malkin examines the curious case of Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey of California, an "anti-war" Democrat and darling of Code Pink.  There are few in Congress to the left of her. 

A grown woman in public office who acts like Lindsay Lohan has no business comparing one of America's finest generals to Charlie Sheen. But anti-war Democratic Rep. Lynn Woolsey of California has never shown any restraint when it comes to trashing America's military leaders before the world.

That's because being a Code Pink liberal -- like being a Hollywood brat -- means never having to apologize for your reckless words and deeds.

Woolsey took to the House floor on Wednesday to report on her "Congressional Progressive Caucus Peace and Security Task Force" hearing with critics of the Afghanistan war. She parroted Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings (he'd be labeled an "activist," of course, if he supported the surge), who said:

"Gen. Petraeus is giving us the Charlie Sheen counterinsurgency strategy, which is to give exclusive interviews to every major network, and to keep saying 'We're winning' and hope the public actually agrees with you."

Woolsey then went on to attack Gen. Petraeus' "bland and tone-deaf talking points." She can't make up her mind. Is he a wild-eyed, Charlie Sheen-esque media beast, or is he a boring bureaucrat lulling America into oblivion?

COMMENT:  For people like Lynn Woolsey, leftist beliefs are a religion, not a set of political principles.  She will never change, any more than others in her camp will change.  No matter what happens, they will be back immediately with the same line.  Facts are of no signficance. 

More than a generation ago, an "anti-war" movement that seemed oddly sympathetic to our enemies, cost us victory in Vietnam, and then went deaf-and-dumb over the Cambodian genocide.  Their ranks are still around, and have been active since the attacks of September 11, 2001.  It is our job to shove them to the margins, where they belong. 

March 21, 2011