The Blind Leading the Stupid

Is the enemy of my enemy by definition my friend?

Not really.

But in the interest of equal time I would like to point out that attention whore, townhall.com columnist and media weasel Mike Gallagher (no relation to the fruit-smashing variety of Gallaghers) will once again "selflessly"* be offering 3 hours of his airtime to the Westboro Baptist Church in exchange for them relenting picketing the funerals of the kids murdered at Virginia Tech. This will be the second time he's given over his show to the WBC. The first time was to prevent them picketing the funerals of the Pennsylvania Amish that were slain a few years ago.

I don't quite understand how negotiating with the WBC jives with Mike and his ilk's neo-con stances on not negotiating with other terrorists. But apparently when the deed serves your needs, the line blurs somewhat.

Hatemongering coot, or senile douchebag? Probably both.

Don't misunderstand, the WBC shouldn't picket funerals, period. It's tasteless, it dishonors the memory of the deceased, and it really doesn't help the WBC, since it muddies their message (which is almost exclusively gay-hatred). But giving them access to the airwaves seems to make less sense than maybe just making the funerals private, thus making their presence prosecutable.

I don't agree with Mike or any of his townhall.com hatemongering media whore pals (Bill Bennett, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved, etc.) on 99.9% of the topics they cover. However, I think anyone with a functioning heart and a mind can agree that it may be better for the Westboro Baptist Church to be anywhere else, even spreading their hate on Mike's not often listened to airwaves, rather than picketing at the funerals of those poor individuals in Virginia.

*By "selflessly" I mean making a big stink about it and exploiting people's hatred of the WBC to fill three hours of airtime and incite his listener base. He gets to play both sides, the hero and the villain.