Uncivil discourse on the left

Instapundit:

THE CNN FOLKS emailed this tidbit from Howard Kurtz's Reliable Sources:

KURTZ: But Marie Cocco, are the media being tarred with a pretty broad brush here because of the out-of-bounds comments of a certain number of loudmouths?

COCCO: Well, this is amplified on the Internet, which, you know, may not be the broadcast media, but it is part of the media of this campaign. And if you went to the Internet -- you know, we all know about the false Muslim e-mails that go around about Barack Obama. But if you ever saw the language, the vulgarity, the vitriol that is hauled at Hillary Clinton by liberal Democrats, by the liberal blogs, largely by, frankly, Obama supporters, you'd be appalled. I mean, you'd punish your children for this.

Glad somebody's noticing.

I hope Glen does not mind my lifting the entire post, but I think it explains why I and other conservative bloggers have been getting traffic from Hillary backers. They are looking for some fair comment. The potty mouths on the left are alienating people they will wish they had back in November. I think many of these new readers will be inclined toward McCain for the respectful campaign he intends to run. Many in the mainstream media have made the same mistake. It is not a coincidence that the Clinton campaign thinks the Fox News coverage is the most fair and balanced.

This is not happening because Hillary Clinton is perceived as a conservative. Most people find her policy positions not that different from Obama's. It is happening because much of the rest of the media is in the tank for Obama and it is too obvious to ignore. It is why you are seeing all these unseemly columns looking for Hillary to quit.