Classic Putz: Ward Churchill, the "face of the left."

This pile of self-indulgent, phony outrage and righteousness is about as putzy as it gets.

Various lefty readers email to say that Ward Churchill is not the authentic face of the Left. I wish I agreed with that. But, sadly, he is its very image today.

Really? Some totally obscure, undistinguished academic, from a middle-of-the-pack state college, with no ties to the Democratic Party, and no megaphone at all, is its poster boy? Riiiight.

It gets better.

There was a time when the Left opposed fascism and supported democracy, when it wasn't a seething-yet-shrinking mass of self-hatred and idiocy. That day is long past, and the moral and intellectual decay of the Left is far gone.

Opposing the war in Iraq = supporting fascism. Nice.

Then there's this stunning admonishment.

I'm waiting for you [on the Left] to take a more active role in confronting the Ward Churchills -- and Michael Moores, and Barbara Boxers -- who are doing harm to the country, and even more harm to the Left.

This, from someone who promotes Ann Coulter's books and movies, fawns lovingly practically daily over Michelle Malkin, is a fan of Rush Limbaugh, endorses the views of people like Hugh Hewitt, while openly cheerleading for the party that has made all of these hate mongers and demagogues rock stars.

I may throw up.