You were on the receiving end of 16 hours of brutal mockery over the worst piece of "journalism" ever, I imagine you'd want to lash out. You're the embarrassed butt of a national joke, you have no valid contrary arguments, and you just lent incalculable assistance to your arch-enemy's cause. Having burned yourself badly - and being a liberal, thus incapable of introspection - you're spoiling for a fight.
