Soccer Mom: Unplugged

Many of you will have seen this over at Michelle Malkin's blog this morning but I just can't resist writing a few lines about it.  Notice the fundamental difference in these men on the stage and how they respond to the heckler.

Michelle describes it like this:

"Democrat Ned Lamont sits on his hands.

Independent Joe Lieberman pouts.

Moderator George Stephanopoulos wheedles.

Republican Alan Schlesinger shows 'em all how it's done."

Of course, I could generalize but... aw, what the hell.  Democrat stands by idly watching - after all everyone deserves to speak (especially if they are radical leftists) and who are we to defend another.  Independent/Democrat Lieberman tries to take the reigns but still comes off weak kneed.  Journalist tries to reason with the debate hijacker - after all words will solve every problem, right? The Republican sees the situation for what it is: an irrational disruption that is hindering the democratic process of all those participating in the debate.  He steps up and defends an opponent - because that is just what we do.

Remember this...

And this...