Not all liberals are stupid
Michelle Malkin

Last night on The O'Reilly Factor, one of the segments addressed winter airline delays. The producers booked Kate Hanni, a consumer activist leading the charge to get Congress to pass a "Passenger Bill of Rights." I noted my skepticism about gimmicky legislation with the words "Bill of Rights" tacked onto the end of it...

...which caused the usual Malkin Derangement Syndrome sufferers to accuse me of opposing the real Bill of Rights. Think Progress and its dumb-as-rocks commenters led the unhinged:

Right-wing author and pundit Michelle Malkin filled in for Bill O’Reilly tonight on The O’Reilly Factor. During a segment on a newly-proposed Airline Passengers Bill of Rights, Malkin said, “So you’re behind this Passengers’ Bill of Rights move. I have to tell you, in general, I’m skeptical of anything that has Bill of Rights tacked on to it.”

The post, with video, now has 362 comments and counting. Here are just the first few: [...]

Fortunately, not all liberals are stupid.

This left-wing blogger at Shiny Ideas gets it:

Never thought I'd write a post with that title, and yet here I am doing so. Certain parties who should know better (I'm looking at you, Atrios, and you, digby) are engaging in egregious quote-mining, demonstrating that people on the left are just as prone to knee-jerk reactions as people on the right. Even Think Progress, which is usually a "just the facts, m'am" kind of place, is getting in on the act.

Yes, folks, she did say she's skeptical of anything that has 'Bill of Rights' tacked on to it. But come on, she's making these statements in the context of the Airline Passengers Bill of Rights. I, too, am skeptical of this sort of thing. Just look at some other examples: ...