Edwards: Assad Yes, Ahmadinejad Yes, Ailes No

A ditty in the OpinionJournal's Best of the Web exemplifies the illogic of the left; in this case, John Edwards. Like nearly everyone else on the left, they are happy to legitimize crazed dictators and terrorist thugs, but don't think they can ever deign to legitimize the FoxNews Network.

Here are the laughable money quotes:

"I think that what America should be doing on the issue of Iraq is dealing directly with both the Syrians and the Iranians, and I don't know precisely what Speaker Pelosi is going to do in Syria, but we as a nation should be engaged with both the Iranians and the Syrians directly in helping stabilize Iraq. Both countries have an interest in a stabilized Iraq. They don't want refugees coming across their border, they don't want economic instability, and they don't want to see a broader Middle East conflict. And I think it makes sense to not on some ideological basis not deal with them, but to engage with both of them directly."--John Edwards, CNN, April 3

Now compare that to this:

"We just called the CBC [Congressional Black Caucus] to let them know that we're looking forward to their debate with CNN but we're not going to participate in the proposed debate with Fox [News Channel]. There's just no reason for Democrats to give Fox a platform to advance the right-wing agenda while pretending to be objective."--Edwards campaign statement, April 6

Do they really understand how they are coming off? Do they really understand what they are saying? Either they are really stupid or really anti-American...which is it? There can't be any middle ground here, can there be?