Facing up

This week Noonan and Steyn both opine on standing up for something.

The Dems refused to stand during most of the State of the Union address (although they oddly stood and cheered when the President lamented that Congress had failed to pass his initiative to save Social Security -- clever cynicism is what the Dems have to offer as "policy" these days). Noonan's cute quote:

We don't know where to stand or what to stand for, and in fact we're not good at standing for anything anyway, but at least we know we can't stand Republicans.

Steyn credits an LA Times columnist for saying out loud that he doesn't "support the troops", and the Palestinians for voting Hamas to power -- reflecting their disdain for Fatah's corruption and their overt desire for the destruction of the Jewish state (and we're surprised after nearly 40 years of Arab-Israeli conflict?).

Both urge us to get over our illusions. And suggest that we stand for something.