Kos:
Lieberman and the DLC are the designated "Democrat-bashers" for Fox News and the rest of the media world. They have so consistently delivered, for so long, that they are the first to be called on when a reporter is looking for that conflict in his or her story. Writing about MoveOn or Michael Moore? Call the DLC! They'll provide the "Democrats" are divided quote. Need to bash Democrats on any particular issue? Call Joe Lieberman! He has no concept of party loyalty and will happily blaze away.
DLC:
The vitriol that's been poured on the DLC by Kos and several other netwarriors in the last couple of years is endless, personal, often obscene, and frankly, a little nuts.
Kos:
The DLCers like to pretend that it's all a big ideological witch hunt, with us big, bad bloggers going after Lieberman because he's not looney left (or something like that). But notice how Reid escapes the vitriol. Stephanie Herseth may not vote with Democrats 100 percent of the time, but when was the last time you saw her bash her own party? Ben Nelson, the Democrats' most wayward member when it comes time to vote, spent an entire hour on Russert's Meet The Press last Sunday, and didn't bash Democrats once.
DLC:
Perhaps upset at occasional bouts of Sympathy for the Devil being posted on his own page, Kos of DailyKos has more or less called for kicking the DLC out of the Democratic Party for being mean to other Democrats. Or at least I have no other way of understanding today's characterization of myself and my colleagues as "the media's handy tool for Democratic bashing. Enemies of unity of the left. Self-important fools who exist merely to advance the other side's agenda." Nothing much ambiguous about that, eh?
Kos:
I assume the DLC's Marshall Wittmann isn't a dense idiot, he just plays one on TV his blog, since he refuses to see this point. Yesterday, he took to
berating bloggers for targetting Lieberman, which he had just
praised for voting against the bankruptcy bill. Of course, in a craven act of political caculus like no other, Lieberman voted for cloture -- the one vote that could've derailed the legislation. Lieberman protected the legislation when it matter, then voted against it when it didn't matter.
But Wittmann (a former Christian Coalition staffer) celebrates such political dishonesty, pretending that his hero is getting blasted for his ideology, rather than for his anti-Democratic behavior. But it's no coincidence that the DLC is in the same boat -- attacked for its anti-Democratic behavior even as it pretends to be persecuted for its ideology.
They are two sides of the same coin -- the media's handy tool for Democratic bashing. Enemies of unity of the left. Self-important fools who exist merely to advance the other side's agenda.
DLC:
Well, I for one ain't going anywhere. And having contested this particular guy's right to show me the door, I will say no more about this or future Kos temper-tantrums.
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