Publius descends into the madness of the right wing blogosphere, it's commentariat and Presidential hopefuls and concludes:
It’s more than a little ridiculous that I feel compelled to defend the First Amendment (tomorrow – "Why Water is Good: A Reply to Ledeen"), but there are a couple of points that need to be made.
There are many points that need to be made, mostly about the absurdity of Newt Gingrich, by all accounts an intelligent and historically informed person, needing to be reminded that people fought a fair share of wars precisely in order to have a right to speak freely.
He even wrote a book about one of those wars.
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