After seeing an unknown Illinois senator electrify the 2004 Democratic convention floor with a keynote speech, I then wrote: “Last night, while the networks slept, the cynics wept and the future revealed itself.”

When asked about O’Donnell’s claim that he had reneged on his pledge, McKinnon, whom I met when he was masterminding the Bush-Cheney 2004 winning strategy, responded quickly and bluntly with a correction.

“We’ve been facing down the forces of hate for years, but it has never been like this before - until Jon Justice and hate radio 104.1 FM came around and began making derogatory comments and using hateful language while regularly fomenting lies, fear and misinformation about immigrants.”

After Jenna Kern decided to write an Op-Ed piece for Newsday questioning whether shock jocks and hate speech contributed to the recent murderous shooting spree in a U-U church in Tennessee, the haters started to come after her as well. “Bill O’Reilly’s people ambushed me in my driveway today.”