The residents of Ithaca, New York, the most liberal city in America (and, therefore, the City of Evil) are starting to line up behind the various democrat candidates for President.

Today's Ithaca Journal has an article about their efforts, and this telling quote from one of the local democrats that perfectly, but unintentionally, reveals their true motivation and mindset in this election:

"I have been involved in presidential politics since 1948 [and] I can't remember one where there was a stronger feeling among Democratic voters that the primary important accomplishment was to beat Bush."

That he can't remember one where there was a stronger desire "to beat Bush" is hardly surprising. After all, this is only the second election in U.S. history where there was an incumbant named "President Bush" to beat (the first, of course, being 1992). But the more you think about it, the more you realize that this is not simply a slip of a tongue from an aging hippie. Stein is a physics professor at Cornell University and, therefore, someone whom you would expect to speak clearly and accurately.

So why did Stein mispeak so?

Here's what I think: the entire article demonstrates that the primary goal here is not simply to elect a candidate to advance the beliefs of the Democrat Party; it's to "beat" a man they hate. In fact, they hate him so much, it clouds their ability to speak clearly. They are so obsessed with destroying this President that they subconsciously think of every election for more than fifty years in terms of that goal.

It will be interesting, over the next year, to see where this hatred takes them. One suspects no where (except maybe to Ithaca).