As the analysis starts to come in about the stunning flameout of SOPA and PIPA, a picture is beginning to emerge that is linking SOPA and PIPA, rightly or wrongly, to the Democrats. This is in part due to the intransigence of the Democratic leadership in their support of these bills to the bitter end, to the visage of "Lord Dodd" going on Fox and commanding Obama to support net censorship in exchange for MPAA cash, and the quick retreat of Republicans away from these bills once it started to become obvious that the public was furious about the bills and the process that pushed them along.
In short, the "image" that is emerging is that the Democrats are in the pocket of Hollywood, but the bigger issue here is how and who will have the albatross of SOPA and PIPA around their necks?
Kos posted about this before the larger media caught the trend:
It's been a while since we've seen Democrats this tone deaf, this oblivious to political reality.
You have an entire wired generation focused on this issue like a laser, fighting like hell to protect their online freedoms, and it's FUCKING REPUBLICANS who are playing the heroes by dropping support?
Those goddam Democrats would rather keep collecting their Hollywood checks, than heed the will of millions of Americans who have lent their online voice in an unprecedented manner.
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