On Friday, I called Tom Daschle's recent comments about Rush Limbaugh "silly, post-election whining." Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh proved he could be just as childish.

"He attacked my president," Limbaugh said of Daschle on CNN's Reliable Sources. "He attacked our effort in the war on terrorism. He said he sees no evidence of any victory because we haven't gotten bin Laden. He's out there broadcasting this to the world. This is getting such coverage who knows what kind of aid and comfort it might be providing the people that we're attempting to bring to justice here, either legally or militarily."

These two need to grow up. As a leader in the US Senate, Mr. Daschle must have better things to do than to spend his time contemplating Rush Limbaugh's place in Mrs. Clinton's vast right-wing conspiracy. And as a genuine patriot himself, Mr. Limbaugh should know better than to cavalierly accuse a decent, loyal American of providing "aid and comfort" to the enemy in a time of national peril.

After 9-11, most American's realized that the world had changed, and that our leaders had to put aside the divisive, slash-and-burn politics of the last thirty years. They understood that our country was under attack by a ruthless enemy who wanted nothing less than our complete destruction.

Memo to Messrs. Daschle and Limbaugh: It still is.
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