What John Cole Said

Yes, Jane. Take Woolsey down. … And see what you get in her place. Hamsher has gone off the deep end.

Bob, Cole’s topic would be an excellent topic for your next huffpost column. Just sayin’…….

Thanks Bob,I would not have seen this and I agree completely.It is crazy and frustrating that there are so few noisy rational people.I rarely go to Huffington Post now but saw a link to the Hamsher piece on Twitter,and it made me sick to even look at the beginning – which is where I stopped reading. She is full of it.

What John Cole said.I’ve thought a lot about why this is the case with so many progressives. For far too many on the left the self-defeatist streak is all-consuming. If they aren’t down and out politically, they don’t know what to do with themselves.Hamsher is probably the epitome of this nonsense and just how counterproductive some on the left have become after scoring electoral victories in ’08 and ’06. Threatening to primary Bernie Sanders? Attacking the charity that Hadassah Lieberman works at? None of that makes any political sense – it’s certainly not the way to convince your political allies/friends to follow your lead.The Democratic Party has a lot of shortcomings, but as a former Republican, who left during the Lewinsky scandal when it became abundantly clear that the extreme rightwing was soon going to take over the party, any progressive who thinks the two are the same has no idea of the ugliness and hatefulness that now dominates the GOP. We simply cannot afford to have these reactionary nutjobs regain control of Congress or the White House.

From Coles post”And the best part is going to be listening to the concern trolling of people linking to this piece, worried about the Obama administration’s fall, without so much as mentioning they have spent the last year tripping them up, whether it be for reasons of self-promotion or because their pet issue wasn’t dealt with first.”That pretty much sums it all up right there doesnt it? The first thing that came to mind when I read this was people like Stranahan. And not just him really, but all of the self-labeled progressives who seem to think planting their head in the sand like an ostrich will solve all our ills. I say self-labeled, because frankly I think they are utterly and incoherently full of shit. This sub-group of folks operates outside of reason just like the tea-partiers.Even if every single pet-issue were handed directly to this group of people, they would still find room to complain.

Nice list Bob.You’re right who cares about indefinite detention, approved torture, approved assassinations, lying about a public option, cutting deals with big pharma, expanding the wars, caving on DADT (and yes, he did), massive handout to rich bankers with no accountability, a financial reform that even Krugman says is worthless, and on and on on.Who care about that when you can list such an amazing list of achievements as:-Added new smart grid investments-Delivered key new funds for education-Clean cars victory to take gas mileage requirements to 35mpg-Expanded state energy conservation programs and new transit programsWow. That is earth shattering stuff there. None of which were ever mentioned on the campaign trail. I wonder why? Could it be that no one votes based on small items that any president could get passed in a fucking democratic super-majority?I’m glad I stopped by. Haven’t been here for months. What’s the first post I see? A massive Obama cheerleading piece followed by bashing Jane Hamsher.Glad to see Bob has doubled-down on the stupid. I always knew he would.