Tag: "Progressives"
Ezra Klein: Professional Left? Me? Perish the Thought!
I know I pick on Ezra Klein, who blogs professionally for the Washington Post, quite often, but it’s only because he deserves it. As I’ve shown, he has a tendency to take a basic left-wing talking point, wrap it up in a softer shell, paint it with a couple plausible-looking statistics (if he’s feeling energetic), [...]
Let Us Look Back at the Calm, Rational Rhetoric of the Debt Ceiling Circus
Now that the debt ceiling circus is all over but the voting and back-slapping, why not look back at some of the well-considered and not-at-a–batspit-crazy statements made by certain influential members of the left over the past few days. We can start very near the top, with this nugget of reason from Vice President Joe [...]
You Keep Using the Word “Austerity”. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.
Back in the early days of the debt ceiling circus, before it became a maze of twisty little deal offers, all alike, the left-wing site Talking Points Memo was all atwitter. The entire debate — not just a couple early conservative suggestions, but the whole thing — was the beginning of a new dark age, [...]
Dear New York Times: Dry Your Eyes. Your Salvation is At Hand.
Oh, dear. The Republicans have done it now. They’ve gone and made the effete left-wingers at the New York Times so miffed that they felt the need to write an editorial full of many harsh words. House Republicans have lost sight of the country’s welfare. It’s hard to conclude anything else from their latest actions, [...]
Left-Wing “Economist” Vanquishes Paul Ryan with Impeccable Logic and Liquor Breath, but Mostly with Liquor Breath
Talking Points Memo has a story today of true heroism (via memeorandum). A brave left-wing Rutgers economist saw Paul Ryan in cahoots with evil right-wing lobbyists and actively oppressing the poor and downtrodden of America. Unable to resist the righteous fervor welling in her heart she confronted the blackguard, spoke truth to power to him, [...]
A #Caring Note of Encouragement and Inspiration to my Left Wing Friends
Maybe you’re one of those progressive folks who has resolved that you will no longer simply lie down and offer your support to the President’s re-election efforts like a desperate hooker. You are fresh from an energetic and passion-laden Netroots Nation convention during which you and your fellow unique and special snowflakes booed Barack Obama [...]
Sheer Delusion: HHS Launches National “Shut Up and Sit Down” School Campaign
If I had to pick one major difference between conservatives and progressives, it would be that conservatives choose to deal with the world as it is while progressives believe they can alter the unalterable until it matches their view of what the world should be. You will not find a better illustration of this difference [...]
The Left Celebrates Bin Laden’s Death in Unity and Patriotism and Not A Trace of Political…*snort*
Well, it certainly didn’t take long last night for a number of notable progressives to turn what should have been a moment of unifying national triumph into a left-wing partisan snark-off. I gleaned a few of the more egregious comments from some of the brighter lights of the left-wing commentariat as they posted them on [...]
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