There's a well-thumbed page in the Republican playbook where Republicans helpfully explain to Democrats what Democrats should do if they want to win elections. And--I know this will surprise you--the answer is always "Be like the Republicans!" (Of course, if people want a Republican, all they have to do is vote for a real one, so the advice always fails. Why would that be, I wonder? Because it's just a mindfucking ploy by a Republican concern troll, that's why.)
Naturally, our famously free press pays very well for such Conservative
Movement fatuity. Take Andrew Sullivan--please. Here he is in action:
Yes, I know how many of you feel: crushed. This country is being given a chance to move beyond its vicious Partisan
It's the same play! A Republican telling Democrats how to succeed!
Who could possibly be fooled by this?
1. Those who are very new to the game, and have never seen the play run, and
2. Those who just haven't been paying attention.
In other words, low information voters.
Ponies for everyone!
NOTE Thanks, Andy. I'm sure Democrats will take your advice in the spirit it was given.
UPDATE Bareback Andy: I am not a concern troll! Whatever:
I've received many emails criticizing my Clinton obsession. Most I do not find convincing. I do not believe that holding a female politician to exactly the same standards as a male one, and refusing to give her a pass because of her gender on anything, is not sexist or misogynist. I've tried to be gracious when appropriate. I have aired defenses of them. But I have to say this email has brought me up short in ways others have not. It isn't so much the content of my criticisms but the tone. I will probably fail to get the better of my emotions when it comes to the good Senator and ex-president. I'm a human being writing in real time with no filters. That's blogging. But, while not stinting on legitimate criticism, I'm going to try a little harder to be a little more temperate. Goodbye to all that, eh?
Right, "the tone." Not.
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from ex-wingnut John Cole, who reads Karl Rove so we don't have to: http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=9443
Uh ..... But .....
I’m sure Democrats will take your advice in the spirit it was given.
But that's just it -- Demos have been taking concern troll advice for years now. Case in point, as mentioned earlier today, Daschle. Also, Reid on FISA. Reid and Pelosi on a simple cutoff of Iraq funding. Etc., etc., etc.
Have to get railroaded by Karl Rove's Machiavellian fat ass. Otherwise you look weak.
Polarizing?
Feh.
Irony, joe, irony
At some point, you have to think that some Democrats get mindfucked because it's their fuck-style of choice.
Sorry to be foulmouthedMR SUBLIMINAL Not! but the 2002 Unity
Pony
left behind... Well, what you expect ponies to leave behind.
[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi
The Great Orange Satan...
...writes about concern trolling in "The Hill"
[Not to be confused with "The Hills", which is a carefully concocted TV confection meant to make you dumber than you already are]
andy is a disgrace, and once again i'm reminded that
no one should listen to him, and he's only worthy of mockery. if i can't get people to ignore him completely and dry up the revenue stream that feeds him and those like him, let's at least always mock him. good on you, lb, for reminding reader's of andy's moral high ground from which he drops his ponyload upon us all.
scum, is what he is. and a traitor to his own kind, but that's another post.
From CD's link on Sullivan
CD's Wikipedia link (cough) (snort):
Who says bigotry never has an upside?