According to David Brooks, facing the voters is an inquisition. From
Raw Story:
"What's happening to Lieberman can only be described as a liberal inquisition," writes Brooks. "Whether you agree with him or not, he is transparently the most kind-hearted and well-intentioned of men. But over the past few years he has been subjected to a vituperation campaign that only experts in moral manias and mob psychology are really fit to explain."
"I can't reproduce the typical assaults that have been directed at him over the Internet, because they are so laced with profanity and ugliness, but they are ginned up by ideological masseurs who salve their followers' psychic wounds by arousing their rage at objects of mutual hate," Brooks adds.
Cue the true genius Brooks, Mel (they can't possibly be related):
The Inquisition (what a show)
The Inquisition (here we go)
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away.
But the Inquisition's here and it's here to-
If you can stomach it, you can watch the lesser Brooks discuss the rabid lambs at Daily Kos over at Crooks and Liars. He's told that Democrats secretly despise us, you know. He talks to a lot of Democrats, I'm sure.