Sometimes you read posts in the blogosphere and you just want to vomit at the presumptive way in which they are written. For example, The Hill had a post the other day about the Limbaugh “controversy” that specifically looked at the Democratic response and how it was being viewed by liberal bloggers. It’s not The Hill’s post that I gets me shaking my head, but rather the piece at the end of their entry – which is actually about a different blog:
“It’s time to take him out,” says Jane Hamsher, guiding spirit of the popular Firedoglake blog.
What’s frustrating to Hamsher and others on the left is that congressional Democrats don’t have the same mad desire to “take him out” that she and her colleagues in the blogosphere do.
“The fact that the Democrats aren’t going after Rush hammer and tongs is largely due to their failure to see themselves as an opposition party involved in an ideological war,” Hamsher writes.
* Sigh *
Where do you even start with this one? First of all, the Democrats in Congress are doing exactly what they should be doing – they’re bringing up an issue that their base is concerned about and then going on to the next issue. The Republicans recently made a big stink about condemning the “General Betray Us” ad from MoveOn and, as The Hill aptly points out, that was much more warranted than an attempt to condemn Rush Limbaugh. You can go back and read The Hill’s post to see their take on it…my anger is directed at the liberal bloggers who think it is the job of the Democrats in Congress to get engaged in some real or imagined “ideological war.”
What the hell is wrong with these people? Look at the poor example set by the Republicans in the last 6 years as they actually listened to the neo-conservative wing of their party and went on to lose their majority in the House and Senate. Dummies. Unfortunately, I can never put the thoughts in my head on this issue into a post that is sufficient enough to encompass how I feel, but I’m trying!
I really hate that there are people who believe that because they post to a blog online or start a political action organization that they now have some authority to command their preferred politicians around. How arrogant is that? This applies to both liberal and conservative online people trying to press their concept of a job description on the two parties. It’s disgusting and the American people should reject it completely. And come on now…how credible are the things you read online? I mean I own a website design company that builds websites and puts together blogs for people! I’ve come across some pretty seedy people in this business – people who would have no problem trying to pass themselves off as some authority on an issue when they’re just some dude with a laptop. At least I know that I’m just some guy on a personal blog that has zero influence to enact policy changes!
I’m in it for the fun of it – not for the arm-flailing “Do as I demand” crap!
Ms. Hamsher is mad that – in her view – the Democrats fail to see themselves in an ideological war. Thank God there are level-headed Democrats out there that will read Ms. Hamsher’s comments and disregard them as nothing more than what they really are – one woman trying to make a small minority of the public’s idea the generally accepted idea of an entire political party.
Honestly, it’s laughable sometimes. The Democrats, by and large, are doing an adequate job in Congress. Nothing more, nothing less.
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