Reading a couple of stories recently confirmed my feeling that one of the major and important differences between conservatives and liberals is that conservatives behave like adults, liberals behave like children. The first was the story that the liberal candidate in Mexico was complaining about cheating in the election. Does that ring a bell? The other was the interview of Madelyn Albright about the N. Korean missile tests and the Clintonistas spinning that this was George Bush' fault, forgetting that they negotiated the Agreed Framework which the N. Koreans promptly cheated on and which last year Ms. Albright admitted they got fooled but now it's not their fault. Weren't there missile tests in the 90's? Bill Clinton's desire to leave a legacy of peace in the Middle East caused him to negotiate with and be humiliated by a savage terrorist--Yasser Arafat. His desire to cretae a legacy for himself--taking the easy way like a child--caused the deaths of countless Israelis and Palestinians. Anyway here are some examples of why I feel this way.

1)When kids lose a game, they blame the refs or cheating. When liberals lose elections they do the same thing. 6 years later they are still complaining about the 2000 election-settled in their favorite place-the courts. And after all kinds of studies showed that almost no matter how they counted the votes, Bush won in Florida. And 2004 wasn't really that close, but with no evidence, just the willingness of Rolling Stone to publish a liberal hit piece from a Kennedy they continue to whine.

2) When they get caught doing something wrong they lie. It's like a kid getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar, if cookie jar is a euphemism for Monica Lewinsy, and hand is a euphemism for Bill Clinton's--well you can fill in the rest. Other stories such as Kerry caught lying about throwing his medals over the White House fence and then saying that ribbons are the same as medals are laughably immature if he weren't a candidate for president and if the MSM had not abdicated their responsibility to humiliate him for that shamelessness. They were willing to use forged documents on George Bush.

3) They call people names when they disagree. I'm not concerned here with Michael Moore or Ann Coulter or Al Franken or Rush or Hannity or Dan Rather. I don't have to support their endeavors. I am concerned about the rhetoric from elected officials like Kennedy, Kerry, Reid, Pelosi and the party leader Howard Dean. I see no such name calling from Republican politicians. And when childish places like DailyKos or HuffPo control their party, they are showing childish cowardice by not being able to stand up to the other children.

4) Which brings us to the next childish quality of liberal politicians. When someone disagrees with them they claim people are accusing them of being unpatriotic and then they scream that whoever disagrees is homophobic or bigoted or wants old people to starve. You can't discuss things with children or liberals. They act like their little feelings get hurt if you disagree. Every arena where liberals have unchecked power-- think of public education, higher academia, the MSM-- we have tyranny. Speech codes, the absence of true intellectual diversity and no discussion of alternative ideas. Children can't really defend their ideas so they have to be protected.

5) Liberals, like children, have this cult like worship of celebrity, Hollywood. Kerry and Edwards refused to condemn a vile performance by Whoopi Goldberg at a fundraiser. It's like they want to make sure they don't lose their seat at the cool kids table at lunch. It seems they think rewards should come from belonging to groups like the Democratic party, the NEA, NOW, NARAL,NAACP, and others, not from excellence achieved by hard work and ability. They seem afraid to compete or anger their liberal benefactors. Michael Moore sitting next to Jimmy Carter at their 2004 convention showed perfectly what they value.

6)They exaggerate their own importance. Al Gore is a prime example--think Internet and Love Story. They over do their gestures--think Bill Clinton blowing kisses to Hillary while cheating on her or the extra long kiss with Al Gore and Tipper. Childish acts meant to fool people. They come across as self centered like a child. I heard Jimmy Carter state last year that if he had gotten another term, he would have solved the Mideast problem. It's possible. We could now be the most western province of Iran living under Sharia law. He certainly would have solved our Gay Marriage debate with the Mullah's running things. And we wouldn't have to argue over whether English should be the national language. I bet we wouldn't even have the 12,000,000 immigrants who came here illegally. Is that what Jimmy meant?

7) They have no resolve. When the going gets tough, children and liberals quit. Their current stance on timetables for exit from Iraq show their true colors. The war got tough, every little detail didn't turn out as planned so let's 'cut and run.' Think about he message that would send our allies. And to say there is no plan is childish--the plan is and has always been to stand down as the Iraqis stand up. Knowing the way adults behave I'm sure that the Bush people have told the Iraqi government, now that there is an elected government, that we aren't there forever so get going. But childish political reasons would be the only reason to announce it. To show how big and important you are( another childish trait), not to get the job done even when it is tough. The current hunger strike perfectly illustrates their resolve. It is a rolling hunger strike--you fast 3 or 4 hours--then pass it on to someone else. I guess I am joining them since I ate breakfast at 7:00 and I won't eat lunch for another 15 minutes. That's 5 1/2 hours. I rule at liberal hunger strikes. Overnight tonight I'm going fo 10 hours of fasting--a liberal record.

Some Republicans slip into this behavior occasionally but as a group they behave maturely. A really good example was 1998 when the Clinton Administration ask for a resolution calling for regime change in Iraq (yes regime change in Iraq was a Democratic program but as we know children don't have the resolve to finish things) and permission to bomb them because of the WMD( yes everyone knew they had weapons but the liberals now have forgotten this fact like children). It was reasonable to think that President Clinton was just trying to change the subject from his Lewinsky problem and some Republicans did mention it, but when it came time to vote, like adults, the Republicans put aside their petty political issues and voted unanimously-as did the Democrats--the vote was 98-0--to support the US position. You could never get today's Democrats to do that. Like children they want the glory. I have coached basketball for years. A bad situation is when your best player would rather score 25 points in a loss than 5 points in a win. That's immaturity and it is bad for the team. That's where we are with today's Liberals.