Most of the complaints I get about the Corner these days come from liberal readers or very cranky anti-McCain or anti-Palin conservatives. They throw sticks and stones at us for being in the tank for McCain. So I particularly liked the sound of this reader’s complaint:

Is there anything you folks at the corner like about McCain, or anything he or his campaign does that you approve of ? No seriously, is there anything? Because to read your posts on a daily basis is to trudge straight into 16 hours of pure disappointment. No matter what the man or his campaign says or does is either wrong, wrong, wrong, or just not quite good enough. Thank goodness there isn’t more of the electorate that reads your stuff, or there wouldn’t be a single conservative that would even bother to go to the polls to vote for Mr. McCain.
Look, admittedly he is not the best candidate we could have put forth. He is not the most conservative candidate we could have come up with. And heaven knows, he is not the youngest, most energetic, or best looking candidate we could have hoped for. But he is indeed our candidate, and he’s all this country has standing between itself and at a minimum, 4 years of unmitigated disaster. By all rights, this man has no business even being in a competitive race, let alone one that is very close or even about tied….and electorally, he may even have a slight advantage. So it’s not all doom and gloom. Sure he’s had some missteps along the way, all of them do, but by and large his campaign has really been run very well, and has been much better than we could have hoped for. Obama has had a LOT more faux paus, but the main stream media is so firmly entrenched in being pro Barack and anti McCain that most of the country never hears about them. For crying out loud, we sure don’t need people like those who comprise The Corner, who are purportedly on our side, acting like the MSM’s Mini-Me in constantly nipping at our candidate. Rush Limbaugh is successful because he tells the truth while firing up the troops. Yes, he has been critical of Mr. McCain and will continue to be as needed, but he sure isn’t out there for a full 3 hours a day tearing the man down on everything he says and does. You folks, who are extremely short on morale boosting, and always tending to find the dark spot instead of the brighter side, would be much better served by taking a page out of Rush’s playbook. We’re not asking for ra ra at the expense of meaningful criticism or dialogue, but goodness gracious, LIGHTEN UP!! At least just a bit……….pretty please? (I’d include Ramesh, but can’t find his email address).
Thank you for your time