Most of my email in response to my Rather column so far is quite nice, for example:

Mr Goldberg,
That Rather column this morning is a thing of nearly
unparalleled beauty. Bravo! Encore!

But then there are these two:

Your disgusting, childish article, comments and accusations are worthless. Thank God Dan Rather who will courageously lead the way to TRUTH about this Administration.

And:

I find it sad that you make fun of a man who cares more about democracy than he does about what anyone is going to think of him. What don’t you people get? Do you think our society benefits from all media being run and censored by powerful corporations and dictators? What don’t you understand about that? Why would you prefer that these people allow only what benefits their agendas…….and not ALL points of view? My father fought in World War II so the world would be able to have freedoms……..freedom to speak truth. Freedom of the press. Currently with mega corporatiions owning all of the major media outlets, and the bush clowns controlling the courts and the FCC, there is no freedom of press. This is the very scarey thing that the Nazis did. Did all of those brave souls die in that war for nothing…..only to have rumsfeld, cheney and the rest of the maniacs take over our White House so they could go out and rule the planet? This is insane. Dan Rather is not the only one who is “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore” There are millions of us out here who are with him. He is taking a stand against facsism and many of us will stand with him. To make fun of a noble cause like this is short-sighted and infantile. I pray that you people see the light……..and then have the courage to admit you are wrong and join us. I pray that this can happen. I pray that you will stop aiding the facsists and help us take back our country.

Me: Now the first response, of course, is “lighten up Francis.” But I wonder if these folks get the irony of making Dan Rather into a leftwing hero while at the same time the left insists the mainstream media is not and never was liberal. Dan Rather called it a “myth” over and over again, but here he is becoming the grand marshal of the Moonbat Parade.