Dear Democrats, we need to have a talk. The subject of that talk is going to be just how much of a disappointment you are. And face it, you are a disappointment. Your poll numbers don't lie.

The newest installment of your chronicle of disappointments is one that is especially bitter, because it illustrates with startling clarity just how deeply, how irretrievably, you don't get it. I'm talking, of course, about the MoveOn.org censure vote.

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org for a recent advertisement attacking the top U.S. general in Iraq.

By a 341-79 vote, the House passed a resolution praising the patriotism Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and condemning a MoveOn.org ad that referred to Petraeus as "General Betray Us."

Fine job, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, you have been played like patsies. In New York, you are: Arcuri, Bishop, Engel, Gillibrand, Hall, Israel, Maloney, McCarthy, Meeks and Rangel.

Here's why this is so bad: ignore the disputed ad for a second. MoveOn.org is your ally. From now on, every time they're mentioned in either the lamestream or the rightwing media, presumably in a context that accrues to your benefit, it will be with an asterisk, as follows:

*MoveOn.org was condemned by the United States Congress. They're bad people.  read more »