Early this morning, Andrew Sullivan wrote this in his blog:

"I’ve long wondered whether [Bob] Novak’s ubiquity on cable talk shows is some kind of Democratic plot. Just on a purely visceral level, he exudes contempt for his opponents, sneers every opinion [sic], and almost always assumes bad motives on the part of his rivals."

You mean, as opposed to open-minded, respectful, polite, genial right-wing media figures like Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, John McLaughlin, and Ann Coulter?

Or, for that matter, sweet-tempered compromisers like Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld?

Hey -- maybe it’s all a Democratic plot! Maybe Democrats deliberately manipulated talk radio, cable news, and all three branches of the federal government so that they would be taken over by contemptuous, sneering Republicans who assume that their ideological opponents always act in bad faith!

Whoa -- a conspiracy so vast...