Oh what joy! To be able just once to say to the Bushies, "Take a Hike!" and know that they heard, and that so did everybody else.

WASHINGTON - The sons of the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone said Vice President Cheney wouldn't be welcome at their father's memorial service last night, sources confirmed.

"The family thought it wouldn't be appropriate. They were concerned about the difference in principles between the two men — and believe me it's principles here, not politics," a top Democratic operative told the Daily News.

How far has The Left gotten by being nice, playing it like it was all only a game or a cocktail party?

The Right doesn't play.