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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Chuck Todd Needs to Read Krugman, Greenwald, Hamsher, Aravosis and Huffington

Apparently, the recent flap over the public option is the “first time” the left has criticized the White House, at least according to Chuck Todd…

Topics: chuck-todd, huffington, white-house, public-option, left, krugman, aravosis, jane-hamsher, glenn-greenwald,

Posted by Peter Daou on 07/08 at 08:07 AM

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Bi-Partisan Repudiation of the Left

Over the past decade, there’s been a pathological need by Democratic leaders to seek the approval of the likes of David Brooks and Andrew Sullivan while secretly getting satisfaction out of angering progressive activists, due primarily to the stubborn conviction that it makes them more electable. Correspondingly, many traditional media figures identify with Obama and what they see as ’pragmatic’, ‘reasonable’ Democrats. They remain more intimidated by Drudge than by Huffington or Hamsher, still happier to mock the “far left” than the right. The unintended consequence of all this is the acquiescing by the media and Democrats to the rightwing message machine’s repudiation of liberals. Feeling unfettered and unencumbered, liberal-bashers like Limbaugh, O’Reilly and others spew their hate, which in turn fuels rightwing extremism.

Topics: obama, left, oreilly, netroots, progressive, democrats

Posted by Peter Daou on 06/17 at 01:00 PM

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