"GUEST, you're showing a tendency toward some pretty wild, shotgun accusations, on this thread and others."

Examples, please. Making shotgun accusations that someone is making shotgun accusations is an ad hominem attack.

"Anyone feel just a bit suspicious about where this particular GUEST is coming from?"

And McGrath, how charming and quaint for you to pull out the old communist "if they aren't with us, they must be a plant from the right wing establishment" ploy. Or are you merely suggesting I'm from the Dean camp, which would be treated the same as if I were an FBI agent working on the COINTELPRO project for J. Edgar?

Apparently, none of you read much, and you especially don't read much in the way of political discourse. There is a big debate going on in the world beyond Mudcat--within and outside the Democratic party--about just how electable John Kerry is going to be come November.

But since the alpha males here seem to be supporting Kerry, it appears that no dissenter's opinions will be tolerated. So it is time to take out the big, black brush and paint over those GUEST posts that challenge the Mudcat alpha male conventional wisdom.

You must be feeling very threatened by my arguments, gentleman. Two ad hominem attacks in a row means I must be hitting the mark.