The first two front-paged articles at Redstate tonight are a delightfully pointed illustration of the principle known as IOKIYAR. In the first article, Traitors Without a Cause, haystack writes:
After the vote in the House today on H R 1591, the so-called "U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007," we get to meet our 2 newest traitors from the GOP [...] Wayne Gilchrest, MD. and Walter Jones, NC.
A Republican marching out of lockstep with his party?! Voting his conscience?! Ah do believe ah'm getting the vapours! haystack goes on to threaten to "make them pay" for their "grotesque mistake".
The article immediately following, The Democrat Whip Memo, criticizes Democratic leadership ("think Sopranos", writes RSinsider) for expecting party unity against a Republican motion to recommit on the very same bill!
A Republican who votes his or her conscience is a "traitor", and a Democrat who doesn't do so is a "Soprano".