Earlier this week, Jim Hoft excitedly broadcast his support for Gen. Stanley McChrystal , whom he labeled the “Top Afghaninstan [sic] General.” In a series of posts, Hoft lauded McChrystal as a “true patriot” who was fired by “President Thin Skin” for “telling the truth” and giving his “honest reflections on the clueless Obama Administration.”

His appreciation for McChrystal appears to have been short-lived, however, as Hoft is struggling to make sense of reports that McChrystal is -- gasp! -- a liberal. Hoft posted this report on McChrystal from The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder:

The story about him voting for Obama is not contrived. He is a political liberal. He is a social liberal. He banned Fox News from the television sets in his headquarters. Yes, really. This puts to rest another false rumor: that McChrystal deliberately precipitated his firing because he wants to run for President.

Hoft characterized the report this way:

He may have been a good general. He may have also been a loon.

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How is it that you could be a great general and a fan of the military-bashing liberal media at the same time? Someone, please explain this to me.

To Jim Hoft, Gen. McChrystal went from a “true patriot” to possible “loon” in less than 24 hours, simply because he doesn't like Fox News. And, contrary to the fantasy world Hoft -- and much of the conservative media -- lives in where someone can't be both liberal and pro-military, the real world doesn't function that way.

We could try to explain it to you, Jim, but you probably wouldn't get it.