After all, MoveOn’s aim is to punish dissent, not to debate or persuade.

In the Hell Hath No Fury sweepstakes, groups like MoveOn.org are gearing up to take on a new set of perceived traitors in their midst--Democrats who have acknowledged some success from the troop surge in Iraq.

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The group doesn't aim to engage in debate, but to punish and silence Democrats who dare to think for themselves. There's a pattern here: When John Dingell contradicted party orthodoxy on global warming and auto mileage standards this year, MoveOn ran ads in his Michigan district calling the 81-year-old Congressman "Dingellsaurus."

There was a time when liberalism was a patriotic, open-minded strain of political thought which accepted debate and dissent. Today, however, what we see is a totalitarian Left which defines dissent as dangerous (except when it is their own – then it is the ultimate form of patriotism).

We see that best in the current situation. So intent are these folks upon the notion that the Iraq War is wrong and that America MUST lose that it cannot brook any contradiction – even if it is good news for America.