(hat tip Red State)

First, let’s take a trip down memory lane:

One of the most memorable aspects of the Bush presidency was the constant presence of protesters at any Bush event. Even if Bush himself wasn’t there, you could always count on a heavy presence of left-wing protesters.

When Condoleezza Rice spoke in front of the Senate, wild-eyed protesters with fake blood on their hands confronted her and screamed WAR CRIMINALS!!!!!!!!! YOU’RE A WAR CRIMINAL!!!!!!

Everywhere a member of the Bush administration appeared, so too did kooky protesters wearing orange Gitmo jumpsuits . These miscreants would often break into impromptu fake water boarding sessions right in front of the podium.

Karl Rove continues to be shouted down and protested to this day when he tries to speak in certain places. Lawyers from the Bush Justice Department also continue to be protested.

Whether it’s civil rights, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, baby seals, wearing fur, oil drilling, global warming, you name it and the left has a protest for it.

The left loves to protest — it’s what they do. While the rest of us are working, liberals are parked in front of military recruitment centers agitating, screaming, spitting, and generally being disruptive.

Hollywood and the music industry even got in on the act. Michael Moore ran around making his propaganda films while singers used concerts to smear president Bush in between songs .

Now we have a new president. A liberal president. A radical Marxist president — and suddenly the left hates protests.

They hate that which they’ve spent a lifetime doing. Many liberals wear the number of abortion rallies they’ve attended as a badge of honor.

So why then is the left so upset when a few conservatives turn out and use some of the same tactics liberals have used for decades?

You could literally choke on the hypocrisy.