Brain Fertilizer

I've been wrestling with this for a while...I have no wish to kick someone when they're down...

...but I've finally decided that Roger Simon encapsulates Christopher Hitchens point quite well.

Excerpt of Mr. Simon's comment in its entirety.

Well, that's not just politics as usual - that's sick. We've reached an impasse in our society where political victory is more important to some than civilization victory. How crazy is that? I sure hope those polls showing Bush ahead are right. In fact, I hope he even beats that already generous spread, considering Hitchens' point, with which I obviously agree. As for my party affiliation, if any, I'll worry about that later. We have more important things to think about now.

But you should still follow the link because some of the commenters make additional good points.