It is a lesson not lost on anyone who holds to a more conservative political ideology that the left has equal vitreol no matter how gentlemanly, no matter how reasoned one may conduct themselves.

Those glued to their televisions each night to be treated to the snarkfest that is The Daily Show, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, and The Colbert Report will laugh with glee at the death of Novak, all the while patting themselves on their self righteous backs at their own civility.