Definitely the worst article to ever hit the #1 spot on HN. It looks like yesterday's WSJ editorial must have hit a raw nerve with a lot of HNers, and this makes them feel better. I'm okay with quality HN articles about politics. It's just a shame that the top spot on HN is being reduced to this sort of cheap partisan bickering. I hope HN does not become yet another MotherJones/MSNBC or WSJ/FoxNews.
that's what put me off Digg. But I fully understand that HN will have a bias towards more libertarian views. I really don't think a site dedicated to entrepreneurs and hackers will go the MotherJones/MSNBC way and Fox News hardly has any article with substance online.