Fitzmas

Fitzmas is the name given by radical liberal bloggers to the atmosphere of excitement and anticipation preceding the conclusion of Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury investigation into the Plame affair. Defeated time and time again by the American people at the ballot box, this is all Democrats have left to celebrate. The word is a portmanteau of Fitzgerald's name and "Christmas". Examples are found at ultra left-wing websites such as Democratic Underground ([1]) and Daily Kos ([2]).

Said excitement and anticipation has caused many parodies of traditional Christmas songs to be written and posted around the liberal blogosphere. There are also several versions of "'Twas the Night Before Fitzmas" (based, of course, on the classic Christmas poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas"). The term became sufficiently widespread to draw derisive attention from a columnist for the conservative magazine National Review. [3]

First use of the term "Fitzmas" was on October 6, 2005 by SpiralHawk on the Democratic Underground website. [4] Since then Fitzmas spirit has spilled off the web and into the real world, as evidenced by this Fitzmas decoration.

Without a message or a solution to any of the nations problems, Democrats hope to gain power simply thru smearing their opponents and name-calling. Many political scientists agree that the Democrats can't win at the ballot box because they are increasingly a party without a message, except for "We hate Bush!". As we saw in the last election, America is a Republican majority so the Democrats campaign of hate and tearing down their opponents will be an uphill battle.