No, Both Sides Do Not Do It, McMegan

John Cole finds that theTea Party nearly destroying the country (and running rampant for decades before that) is all fine according to my favorite Villager because a quarter of a century ago the Democrats were mean to Ronald Reagan.

And yes, the Democrats had their own role to play—both in starting this monstrous game of tit-for-tat that we’re now all trapped in (liberal pundits moaning about partisanship and norms seem to have wiped the name “Bork” from their consciousness), and in getting the progressive caucus to make tea-party like noises.

Verbatim Megan McArdle, whose search to prove that the Democrats and President Obama are just as much to blame for this mess as the Republicans spans a generation-old grudge.  This is all payback for Bork, you see.  Also, progressives are just like the Tea Party.

But really it's about Dems putting a dent in Saint Ronaldus's perfect record, and for that crime against the American people, liberals, the economy, and anyone not making six figures has to burn in hell.

In a sense the last 25 years really has been about Bork, hasn't it?