I've been kind of wondering what the deal is with the increasingly odious language from the American right, and Walter Sobchak at The Poorman takes a break from ogling nudie pictures of Jeff Gannon to amplify a theory put forth by one of Jon Henke's commenters:
My theory is the differences you identify, John, are coming to the surface. And as they become more pronounced, so does the hate speech directed toward the politics of the left. In other words, rather than defining what the GOP is, those on the right are attempting definie itself by what it is not. The Right needs to gloss over the differences within the party by uniting the party against the left. And as the GOP becomes more powerful and the differences of its coaltiion more apparent, this becomes more difficult, as it does for any coalition in power. As the power of the GOP grows, the level, intensity and tone of scorn toward the left must accordingly increase. The GOP must define itself by what it is not. ("While we have our differences, at least we aren't a bunch of traitors like Hillary and Ted. Those un-American bastards. Why don't they just crawl back into the spider hole with Saddam and Osama because we all know they hate America.")"

I think that's about right.

It would behoove folks like Dave Johnson and this guy to understand why this is happening rather than merely getting agitated about it.