Let the Recrminations Begin!

[stepnw1f]

Paul Waldman (8:58AM) http://gadflyer.com/flytrap/index.php?Week=200532#2089|link>


The circular firing squad is now assembling over the NARAL ad, and few people are loading their guns with more zeal than former Clinton aide Lanny Davis. Davis has been the Republicans' best friend on this issue, offering condemnations of NARAL sure to warm the cockles of Karl Rove's heart. But http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/12/AR2005081201596.html|what he told the Washington Post> is so unbelievable, when I saw it I thought my head was going to explode:

A number of Democrats still say the party's best hopes are on the high road. "We have to define the reckless left of our party and differentiate ourselves," said former Clinton aide Lanny Davis, who denounced the NARAL ad. He said such "smear and innuendo" has caused his party to lose recent elections.

Oh my god. Are you kidding me? Are you fucking kidding me?

I understand that there are legitimate differences within the Democratic Party about ideology, tactics, and strategy. But that may be the single stupidest thing I've heard a Democrat say all year.

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[punpirate]

1. That boy defines...

... the term, quisling. Either that, or he's got his friends confused, because the ones doing the smearing for these last many years are the evil, conscienceless, Satanic right-wing friends of the devil Republicans.

Balderdash. Tripe. Idiocy. Perversion. Crap.

[Moochy]

2. If thats the high road...

"we have to define the reckless left of our party and differentiate ourselves"

such well crafted weasel words, spoken with a straight face must have money at their core. I mean, someone can't seriously beleive that unless they have a vested interest. He's selling more neo-liberalism. He's a Snake oil salesman with a deep snake oil portfolio.

Come to the center ye lefties!! Big Corporate dollars waiting for you!

[KoKo]

3. Saw Lanny Davis on Blitzer maybe a month ago...and wondered what

the hell had happened to him. I had to turn him off at that time because he sounded like a whiner supporting the NeoCons.

Maybe he was always like that and I didn't notice way back during Clinton's term or maybe I've changed in what I can tolerate from Dem apologists for Bush these days.

Anyone remember what he was like during the Clinton impeachment. He used to appear on the news shows then as a defender of Clinton. Maybe he wasn't so good back then either. Maybe he was always a DINO plant like Stephanopolis was. :shrug:

[AndyTiedye]

4. Looks Like It's Cave-In Time on Roe v. Wade

Our party leadership has obviously decided to surrender to the religious right.

[KoKo]

5. David Sirota's comment from the WaPo article is a winner!

David Sirota, a former congressional aide who is forming a group of liberal state legislators, said the behavior has been learned. "Washington Democrats are afraid of their own shadow," he said. "They've internalized all the Republican attacks and made it part of their psychology. It's like if you're a kid and you've been bullied you begin to think you're a wimp."

:evilgrin: Sirota's a fighter.

[wryter2000]

6. There is no fucking left

There is no fucking left in the fucking party. There's only moderates. Michael Moore starts to approach the left wing, but even he stops short.

Don't get me wrong...I'm not a radical lefty. I'm a Howard Dean Democrat. But a left-winger would be a communist who truly did hate the United States. That person would advocate overthrow of the government, by violent means if necessary.

Lissen up DLC'ers...THERE IS NO FUCKING LEFT WING WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS REINFORCING REPUBLICAN LIES.

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