I also did not hear of Stark's comment until I saw this thread. And then I checked the video. Stark's remark was way off-base, and I indeed condemn it.

But I note that it didn't take the Republican opposition more that a few seconds to set the child health care discussion aside in order to attack Stark for his remark. Not unlike some troll on one of these threads trying to change the subject in order to avoid a serious discussion of the original issue. That, I believe, is called a "red herring." Stark made a double blunder. In addition to his remark being in atrocious taste, it provided the Republicans with the opportunity to rise up in outrage against him, thereby avoiding having to deal with the real issue.

I also note that John on the Sunset Coast loses no time in trying to cram all liberals who did not immediately condemn Stark into a pigeon-hole labeled "hypocrites"—even those who hadn't even heard of the incident yet.

Stark's ill thought out remarks in no way mitigate Ann Coulter's excesses.

Grasping at straws.

Don Firth