I try to stay out of the direct line of fire of diaries specifically bashing candidates on the left, except when someone asks a direct question of myself concerning it, but there is something seriously wrong with this picture, and it mirrors failures past:
At some point maybe the Democrats and the commentators will remember that the thing that matters is not whether Mrs. Clinton’s eyebrows are straight but that the Republicans she and the others are running against are carbon copies of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. The Republicans are running on Bush’s policies only – in fact, on the need to expand them and make them worse.
So who are Democrats criticizing? They savage one another. What a dumb game, politics.
No matter what candidate you are talking about on the Democratic side, there is a serious problem with their savaging of each other instead of respectful debates on the actual issues. It is the same problem in many of the Blogging communities. MORE BELOW…
These candidates and their supporters would be well advised to use their time to present their positions clearly on each of the many issues that are so important to this nation, and contrasting their positions with the failures of the Republican side.
The problem for many of them is that they do not present their positions clearly, leaving the primary voters with little to go on except for “cash cow support” and perceived oneupmanship. And, in the case of online debates at Blogging communities, the readers perceptions of the savaging of diaries and comments from various Blogging supporters of different candidates cannot be much better.
I am not pointing a finger at any candidate, Blogger or supporter specifically. It seems like it is coming from every camp. Heck, some of my comments could be perceived in the same manner.
I may not be a member of the Democratic party, but for those of you that are… You might want to reconsider your tactics so that when it comes time to “get inline” with whatever candidate your party puts forward you won’t have already exposed and reinforced all of the weakest points of every single one of your own candidates for the few GOP supporters remaining in the “echo chamber” to latch onto.
Of course, efforts like this would have to be started at the top of the campaign level for it to be truly effective.
Strong, clear positions from the Democratic candidates forcefully directed at the real likelihood of the continuation or, as Denis Horgan points out, the further EXPANSION of bush failures by any of the new republican faces on a “Stay the course!” policy of failure.
Without this kind of campaign, the Democratic party only risks its chances of delivering a knock-out-punch message in the ’08 elections to the Republican party to wake the fuck up from their lunatic policies if they hope to ever be considered as “serious” politicians with even a vague grasp of reality again.
This is your chance at showing the real differences between the Republican party and the Democratic party. OR, it can be your chance to mirror past failures of both parties.
As it stands, very few of the Democratic party “leaders” have given me any reason to hope for anything better. Nor have they lead their followers down a much better path. Here is a good example of what I am talking about…
It is well past time to label a traitor exactly what he is. A TRAITOR:
Karl Rove approached Time magazine for a job. Time, however, rejected Rove as “essentially like an unindicted coconspirator in a whole host of felonies”:
Time’s editors apparently felt the cost/benefit analysis wouldn’t be in their favor if they embraced the man who has done more than anyone to keep the spirit of Joe McCarthy alive and well in American politics. … “They think Karl is essentially like an unindicted coconspirator in a whole string of felonies.”
These lying sacks of treason from the unindicted Libby files deserve no better reference than that. Here is the traitor Rove plotting and scheming with one of his other traitorous GOP buddies:
Via Steve Benen at TPM:
If you’re just joining us, Novak reported yesterday that Hillary Clinton’s “agents” are gossiping in Democratic circles that the Clinton campaign has “scandalous information” about Obama, which they reportedly will not share.
Of course, as a matter of journalism and professional standards, Novak’s piece was a textbook case of media irresponsibility. His column shouldn’t have even run — Clinton supporters (who he will not name) are allegedly spreading rumors about rumors (which he cannot identify) addressing an Obama scandal (which may or may not exist). Joe Klein suggested that Novak may have “simply abandoned all pretense of being a journalist.”
What’s most striking, however, is the full-scale war between the Clinton and Obama camps in the wake of the piece. Mark Halperin has a timeline of events, which is both lengthy and painful.
A few observations. First, Novak’s column smeared both Clinton and Obama, and the two campaigns proceeded to make it worse by spending the entire day bickering over what was, as a practical matter, a dumb column devoid of any substance.
Hook. Line. And. Sinker. Candidates, campaigns, Blogs, commenters, and supporters everywhere bit and swallowed the traitors’ typically GOP ploy.
Never forget what you are up against.
I don’t. The first pearls of idiotic GOP wisdom in that rove diary I wrote yesterday quickly gave me my daily reminder in the comments:
The idea that someone could slander the lizard queen is laughable.
If there is something bad enough to say about this evil witch I haven’t though it yet or I would have said it myself.
HILLARY, DON’T ELECT HER … JAIL HER.
Idiots and morons jumping up and down howling GOP talking pointy head echo chamber remarks. I understand Hillary’s electability problems, but only based on her positions on issues. Not because of name calling slanders and mis-characterizations built by the GOP echo chamber.
That is laughable.
And that has little to do with the recent dysfunctional actions of the Democratic party. So, if “our” leaders on the left, like Hillary and Obama, are content to play into the GOP’s hands of false flag news offered from the likes of Novak, why don’t we try to set the bar a little higher?
With that thought in mind, why not think about having some fun as we end this year? You know… Instead of beating up on your own left bothers and sisters in arms for the pleasure and benefit of the idiotic, incompetent and criminal GOP.
This Holiday Muckorama Contest seems like a really fun way to beat the Muck out of the wingnuts some more:
Maybe some of Connecticut’s own video Bloggers would have some extra fun putting together their own video offerings for this?
The one problem with this contest: All these criminals should be getting mugshots, not free mugs. TPM should be sending the free mugs to readers like myself! lol
