do they really have no sense of irony?

Frank Luntz on Beck's show: The White House's language on astroturfers is 'pure hate'
(Crooks and Liars)
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Wow - on Beck's show - of all places - someone calling anyone else hateful must have exploded every irony meter for miles!
I thought it was particularly hilarious when they start saying that the bush White House didn't resort to this type of language because they also didn't have to deal with this type of insane lies, hatred and racism. I can't even imagine how bush & cohorts would have responded if they received a small fraction of the invectives that Obama has received.