What would Hubert Humphrey -- "the Happy Warrior" -- think of his progeny in the contemporary Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party who are devoting themselves to squelching the voices of soldiers and the families of fallen soldiers who support the war in Iraq? The progeny of "the Happy Warrior" are unhappy with warriors disputing the Democrats' crude antiwar propaganda. Humphrey himself must have had his fill of their ilk as Lyndon Johnson's vice president and as candidate for president in 1968 when they were an irritating wing of the party rather than its beating heart.

Here in the Twin Cities, where the Minneapolis Star Tribune is the overwhelmingly dominant purveyor of news/opinion, we're living in a left-wing nuthouse. How else to explain the fact that the Star Tribune's premier columnist has now devoted two bizarre columns to rants against advertisements giving voice to soldiers who are putting their lives on the line for the likes of Coleman? How else to explain the disgusting DFL campaign to suppress the voices of soldiers and their families who have a message departing from the left-wing party line? In a sane setting, the DFL campaign would be condemned as a source of shame and dishonor.

At Right Wing Nuthouse Rick Moran recalls Hubert Humphrey and speculates that "The Happy Warrior is weeping in his grave."

UPDATE: Dean Henderson adds: "I just wanted to thank you for the heads up on the Minnesota DFL's attempt to stifle Midwest Heroes. I thought if they could publish numbers to KARE 11 and WCCO in an attempt to pressure them to take the ad off the air, it was OK for me to call the DFL and let them know what I felt about their actions. So I called them at 651-251-6300 and left a message with Donna Cassutt, the State Associate Chair. You can also send them an email by going to www.dfl.org and clicking on contact us."

ANOTHER WORD: Speaking of left-wing nuthouses, it appears that Coleman availed himself of research assistance on "the Delores Kesterson issue" from his friends at Daily Kos. Hasn't Coleman been taught to credit his sources? Or does he think that attributing his revelation to "Hesiod" might sound goofy?

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