TPM Reader SM explains …
Now, I’ve enjoyed watching the Giuliani campaign trainwreck go over the cliff and explode in a fiery mess of failure — in slow-motion — as much as the next guy. But I think you may be taking the Schadenfreude a little too far.
Amidst all your mockery of Rudy’s staggering ineptitude and one-note 9/11 concertos, you seem to have forgotten that the collapse of the Giuliani campaign will have real consequences for real people, who will no doubt suffer greatly once America’s Mayor has slinked off the trail.
Who will Chris Matthews fantasize about punching out Ahmadinejad on the flight deck of the USS Charles Bronson?
What will Pat Robertson do while he waits for God to tell him which candidate he really wants to endorse?
Into whose ear will Norman Podhoretz whisper sweet songs about tactical nukes leveling terrorist huts outside Riyadh?
When you see the sad faces of men who’ve had their man-crushes crushed, their God-chosen candidate forsaken, and their hopes for never-ending war razed, you’ll realize that even when mocking an incomparable twit like Rudy Giuliani, it is possible to go too far…
