The Right's Sister Souljah?

In past postings, I've ranted about the strange desire those on the left feel to distance themselves from the "far left," while those on the right face no such constraints. Clinton, famously, was responsible for the coining of the phrase, "Sister Souljah moment," when he showed how "moderate" he was by bashing rapper Sister Souljah. Ever since, Democratic pols have been on a mission for their own "Sister Souljash moment," where they can show that they, too, can bash gays, blacks, feminists, the anti-war movement or whatever else is deemed to be the "left-wing fringe" by the right-wingers. The most recent example of this is the movement by DLC and "Blue Dog" Democrats to show how anti-choice and pro-war the Democratic party really is at heart, no matter what that pesky group of People Who Actually Vote Democratic think or say.

The right, mysteriously, seems immune from alll of this. People like Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage regularly say ridiculous things and you never hear Republican leadership exclaiming that they have nothing to do with these people. Case in point:

Federal judges are a more serious threat to America than Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 terrorists, the Rev. Pat Robertson claimed yesterday. "Over 100 years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings," Robertson said on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

"I think we have controlled Al Qaeda," the 700 Club host said, but warned of "erosion at home" and said judges were creating a "tyranny of oligarchy."

Where's the outrage? Where's George Bush and all the Republicans with Presidential aspirations for '08 (Tim Pawlenty, can you hear me?) stepping up for their "Pat Robertson moment" where they show how reasonable and moderate they are by distancing themselves from such a radical, fringe view? Where are they pointing out that it's absurd to make such a claim while terrorism incidents tripled last year! Oh, wait...I guess I can see why they wouldn't want to point this out.