It’s no wonder that those who are talking about preserving Founding values that make America America are getting a hearing right now. Check out some of the stories from the chattering class over health care this weekend. Sam Donaldson insists that the president needs to be “ruthless.” He added: “This is the only chance in how many years to do this? And I think history will show that they were right if they get it done.”

Translation? End justifies means.

Then check out the language with which Nancy Pelosi is described in a Politico article:

Pelosi is inarguably one of the strongest speakers in modern history — an authoritarian figure in an era of centralized power in the House. But the coming months are a make-or-break period for her, a brutal reality check of her ability to manage all aspects of her job — consensus-building, agenda-setting, vote-counting, fundraising and campaigning.

I suspect none of these folks poll-tested their language with those who align themselves with tea parties. They’d get back some brutally unpleasant results, I suspect.