Or can we finally put the ridiculous Purity Troll crap to bed?
The Cable Chatterers and Tradiional media have all but declared the Public Option to be Dead On Arrival.
But Obama, despite this new Conventional "Wisdom" is continuing to stand on principle. Even though it has now been declared "Unpragmatic" to support the Public Option.
Standing on principle against the conventional wisdom has been given a name at Daily Kos...a perjorative name: Purity Trolling.
So as the MSM buys into....yet again....the Republican framing on an issue, and by buying imto it are....yet again....helping to defeat the Progressive agenda and support the horrid status quo that eight years of Republican rule have established...
ANYONE who stands on principle and continues to support the Public Option ( let alone Single Payer!) is by the definition of the dreaded Daily Kos Purity Patrol....a Purity Troll.
Including President Obama.
There are a group of people here, ironically, some who profess to be Obama's biggest supporters, who are ready to throw the the Public Option under the bus and ....yet again....abandon principle and cave to the conventional wisdom. The conventional wisdom as established by the Republican Noise Machine. And then call anyone who does not join them in their base cowardice....Purity Trolls
So can we PLEASE....when they start telling people to STFU ....start telling the Daily Kos Purity Patrol to STFU instead?
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As Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor (and personal friend) to President Obama, says in the interview on the FP
Q. Will the President jettison public option to get a bipartisan bill and will he veto a non-public option bill?
A. The President wants a public option (verified by asking him.) But he wants a pulic option to assure competition. we can't fast forward to the end of the process, but he is making the case why he thinks that.
Q. Is the President going to pull the Blue Dogs in and talk to them about what stimulus money they get and where their vote will be on health care?
A. I am convinced he is doing this right. He's going to count on you to put the pressure on. Trust me, it will work.
Q. What do you want from this audience?
Thank you all for being here, we share your frustration and urgency, we depend on you and your outreach and network to energize people on the ground. He asked me to convey to you how important you are. stay engaged, push us, but don't stop coming to the table
Like it or not you Purity Troll trolls, you "moderates" who have declared yourselves to be the Daily Kos Purity Patrol....we are The Left.
It is our job to stand on principle.
It IS as Valerie Jarret says, our job to push and pressure the President.
It is CERTAINLY NOT our job to condemn those of us who do push and pressure the President.
It is MOST CERTAINLY NOT our job to take positions that are to the RIGHT of President Obama.
And then call others Purity Trolls for NOT doing so.
I cannot emphasize this enough.
It IS our job, our function, our raison d'etre to be to The Left of The President on EVERY issue. Our function IS to put pressure on the president, the conventional wisdom, and the pundits and media to MOVE TO THE LEFT.
The President's senior adviser just said that he says so. Just said that HE says so. Argue with that, or condemn the peple who are doing that....and you are going against President Obama's stated wishes.
Is that clear enough?
Thank you for your kind attention.
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Editor's note: The only people I EVER tell to STFU....are people who are telling others to STFU. Which is what the Purity Patrol is in business to do.