New post on the Dem Daily - Vennochi Got It Half Right

[kerrygoddess]

There's a new post on the Dem Daily I think everyoen here will be interested in. That said, I just finished agreeing with WEL in another thread that GOTV is the #1 priority. I'm going to try to keep the Dem Daily focused on the ELECTION over the next 48 hours. But I just wanted to alert you all to this.

Vennochi Got It Half Right
Posted by mbk
November 5th, 2006 @ 9:31 pm

As a new resident of Massachusetts, I’ve been amazed, frustrated, and often, infuriatied by the snide, petty political reporting of the Boston Globe, and its snarky corps of local oped writers (the wonderfully thoughtful and intelligent Tom Oliphant took an early retirement, much to my sorrow, and the Globe’s loss). It has taken me years to understand that this is typical for Boston, a city which is notorious for underappreciating many of its hometown treasures, including its two splendid senators, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. But I still don’t understand it. As someone who’s lived in states who have endured second-rate actors, failed businessmen and convicted felons for governors, has-been tap-dancers for senators, and congressional representatives with 0% voting records on environmental issues (not to mention their links to corruption scandals-du-jour), I find myself yelling to the citizens of Massachusetts: “You don’t understand how lucky you are!”.

Of those local oped writers who try my nervous system, columnist Joan Vennochi is Exhibit A. Reading her on a hard morning, I usually last about 2 or 3 paragraphs, before muttering or yelling to my cereal, and escaping to the comics section for my mental health. This week, though, she actually got it half right. On the cowardice of the Democrats in response to Republican objections to Sen. Kerry’s botched Bush joke, Joan Vennochi and I are, for once, and amazingly, on the same page — ON KERRY, BUSH GETS ASSIST FROM DEMOCRATS:

GIVE MBK some props and read the rest here - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=4656

GOTV! GOTV! GOTV!