Oh, irony. Sweet and terrible irony. In an interview on Alternet, Al Franken claims that the right wing have no sense of irony. How could he have know that bloviation-central, Foxnews, would sue him over the title of his next book?

Franken is one of the most acute comediens on the left, and lately, all we got is humor. But Franken's strength is in uncovering the intellectual dishonest of the right, especially the right-wing media. The right, on the other hand, have no sense of humor. In fact, even though they are now essentially enshrined in their power, they're still angry. Anger makes for, arguably, good television and it sure is good at keeping the faithful frothed up. One of the most remarkable things I've found is that there continues to be a cottage industry of Clinton hatred. That's one of the biggest differences between the left and the right -- if Bush was declared unelected tomorrow, and went to cut back cedar in Crawford, as soon as he was out of sight, he'd be out of mind for the left. The Wall St. Journal, on the other hand, continues to advertise the newspaper's book about Whitewater, a non-existent scandal that the Journal effectively helped turn into impeachment hearings. Hillary, by all accounts, has been a reasonably decent Senator focused mainly on getting New York State some help from the feds. But she continues to be viewed by many on the right with more contempt than they feel for Osama bin Laden.

So maybe we should work up some general anger and hatred for the clowns in the White House and in the House of Reps. Bush/Cheney, along with Delay and Frist, are doing their part to foment it.