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Hating Obama as a carrier for right wing ideology

Now:
The problem with the DLC
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 2008-05-03 21:45.

Is that it’s an institution that the Obama Movement doesn’t control. Period. That’s all it is. That’s why Kos has a problem with it too.
http://www.correntewire.com/so_why_is_it…

And then:

DLC loses tax exempt status
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 2006-09-16 20:09.

* DLC

It couldn’t happen to a nicer crowd of Bush enablers. Although silly Forbes still thinks the DLC are Democrats:  Read more 

Sean Wilentz and white resentment

This bit of white entitlement has been widely cited as evidence of the horrible opportunism of the Obama campaign, but actually it shows something rather sad about some of the opposition to Obama.

First, let’s note that the publisher of the Wilentz piece is notorious for its use as a “liberal” place to attack the left left and here for its hyping of Bush’s war and so on.  Read more 

QOTD

Testing, Testing. Check, Check. Trying it out. I just had to say to you guys, it sure is fun reading all you blogs & comments, but the main reason I had to post is because I noticed the QOTD this AM and thought: this is so typical, I can hardly understand why they would even bother to put it up. This is the one I’m typing about:

QOTD

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half have never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

— Gore Vidal

All you liberals are so far more enlightened than everyone else - it’s amazing that you can be so inclusive.

Whiney Joe

Joe! Get off the pity pot! It’s not attractive:

LIEBERMAN: “[Lamont] constantly criticizes, criticizes, criticizes. And he blames me for just about everything, maybe except the weather.”

It’s called a campaign, Joe. Got that?

And as far as the weather goes, Joe:  Read more 

Filibustering is Patriotic

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Via Piratesinfo.com:

As the American Revolutionary War raged, the role of privateers could not be underestimated. In fact, strictly speaking, one of the first acts of American defiance was an act of piracy.  Read more