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| Democrat fratricide: canning Rhodes and fglaming Hillary won't advance the "progressive" cause |
| 2008-04-05 |
| Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Huffasnuffaluffagus Post Nothing new here if you've been reading Rantburg for the past six months--but it's interesting that a Leftist (1) sees what's going on so clearly and (2) recognizes that there's little difference between Obama! and Hillary! when it comes to policy positions or likely actions once in office. Rhodes' Don Imus like foul mouthed rant is SOP for a core of so called progressive writers that post on the Huffington Post, and write for the Nation, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, the Underground Democrat, and a handful of other leftist sites. They have feasted at the hate Hillary trough. Their shrill diatribes, name calling, slanders, slurs, distortions and flat out lies should make the hard guys at Fox Network turn red faced. . . . The objection here is not that progressives shouldn't level a reasoned, principled, and critical dissection of Clinton positions. There are legitimate policy issues and positions to take her to task on. Unfortunately, that got tossed and Clinton's left side critics have found it much easier, and more fun, to engage in juvenile delinquent wolf ticket selling. They then pivot and froth, fume, and rail at Fox for doing the same thing. And Heaven forbid if anyone dare utter any criticism of Obama. That's deemed treasonous and the name calling kicks in with a vengeance against the offender. The reasons for the juvenile delinquent name calling by Rhodes and company boil down to this. Clinton initially backed the Iraq war and refused to apologize for it or claims as Obama wrongly does that he was an outspoken anti-war guy from day one. Two, she supposedly is a back room, deal-making, opportunist Democrat who has been a shill for big money, corporate donors. Her greatest sin, though, is that she pig headedly stands in the way of the coronation of Obama. A subtext to that is that by blocking the supposed inevitable, she, not Obama, is tearing the guts out of the Democratic Party and is making it that much harder for Obama to coast into the White House. Putting aside for a moment this wishful thinking fantasy land knock, nowhere, and I mean nowhere, have I seen the progressive Hillary baiters itemize exactly what they think they'll get out of an Obama White House that will be radically different than what they'll get from any other top Democrat who's backed by big money corporate interests, pockets money through the back door from corporate special interest lobbyists, is lauded by defense industry top brass, hailed by centrist Democratic Senators and governors, and fawned over by hard nosed GOP conservatives, headed by former Bush political strategist Karl Rove, as Obama is. Tell me? Liberal Democrats and progressives rhapsodize that Obama is gutsier, visionary, progressive, and far less likely to wheel and deal in high Washington and corporate circles than Hillary. But again that's a delusion. The ancient political truism for White House aspirants will, no has, kicked in with a fury with Obama. That is run to the right or left when you're on the outside looking in, then flee to the middle when you're on the inside and want to win. . . . If progressives would simply stick to challenging Obama and Clinton to speak out boldly and clearly about their stance on Supreme court appointments, criminal justice reform, immigration, failing public schools, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and a specific plan for ending the Iraq War, among other seldom heard discussed policy issues then there would be no argument that both need to be hammered for ducking and dodging these thorny issues. But that's far different than acting like 13 year olds and shouting out vile names at one candidate and only one candidate. Rhodes did just that and got a mild rebuke. But she only engaged in the same silly name calling that her cut buddies on the left have elevated to a high art. Expect no change when Rhodes is quietly eased back in front of an Air America mic. In other words, dumping her won't cure the hateful, and very clinical, Hillary obsession of progressives. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 sounds like a troll posting to me |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-05 17:32 |
| #5 Progressives, them's fighting words. You don't have to take that crap. Act like they're Fatah and Hamas 'em. Skip the mealy-mouthed insulting and go straight to guns. Just give those Trotskyite bastards the dose of lead they've been needing for a long time. Gun 'em until there's not a deviationist left standing, even if it means wading in blood up to your ankles. Only in that way can you purify the Party enough to face the Capitalist Running Dog enemy in November with an ideologically united front. Just DO it! The masses will later thank you! |
| Posted by: Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-04-05 16:49 |
| #4 The one thing that binds them is their hate, and their blind stupidity. This poor guy apparently isn't stupid or blind enough to remain a "progressive" for long. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-05 13:09 |
| #3 “And Heaven forbid if anyone dare utter any criticism of Obama.” I actually heard a “journalist” recently comment that Senator Obama would be forced to display his “moderate credentials” to attract independent voters if he makes it to the general election. I wonder if those credentials include the “common sense” legislation he introduced to ban ALL semi-automatic weapons? Or maybe it will be his opposition to the Child Protection Act? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-04-05 12:17 |
| #2 ..build a majority. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-05 10:39 |
| #1 Yet the left still won't recognize that they and they alone can't win in a truly democratic America. They can not sell their agenda openly and build a major. They still must rely upon subterfuge, misdirection, and non-democratic institutions to push their agenda. The one thing that binds them is their hate, but not enough hate to pull stakes and practice what they preach in political environments aligned with their spouted beliefs. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-05 10:39 |