Modest Proposals

Tony Blankley has a solid piece on the wistful dreams of some disaffected Dems for secession, including Lawrence O'Donnell, who in saner moments is a great writer on The West Wing...and who in not-so-sane moments sounds like the angry kid on the kickball field whose vocabulary is limited to variations on the word "liar."

I must confess, the idea of letting the Pacific Coast counties, the Great Lakes states and New England merge into Greater Canuckistan has some appeal. In exchange, I propose bringing Alberta and other willing Red State provinces into the new southern alliance. The urbanites would get their fill of health care, leftist politics, and all things French. In turn, Red Staters could officially join the rest of the world in despising the foreign influence of Hollywood and the obscenity -- excuse me, sophistication -- of New York.

Just think - the Bush Doctrine of "you're with us or you're with the terrorists" means that we can finally let the 82nd Airborne loose on those whiny celebrities. A little Guantanamo Therapy would do Sean Penn some good.

Hmmm...I never thought I'd find merit in a Lawrence O'Donnell argument.

Nah. We must all hang together, or surely we will all hang separately. As painful as the prospect sounds, we need to find whatever common ground remains and build on it.