As ye sow, boys, as ye sow...

Jim Rutenberg writes in the NYT (my italics):

Yet even some close allies were surprised by how Mr. Bush’s advocacy for immigration had seemed to hurt his cause within his party when, in a speech in Georgia last week, he said those opposed to the bill didn’t “want to do what’s right for America.” The statement infuriated Mr. Bush’s usually reliable allies on talk radio, in blogs and in Congress, galvanizing the right against his plan all the more.

I'd feel a lot more sympathy for them, being called names and having their patriotism impugned, if the SOBs hadn't been doing the same thing to everyone who disagreed with them for the last ten-twelve-fifteen years.

Just sayin'. What goes around comes around.