I don't know why she's complaining, she's already been under the bleachers with Bill Clinton and probably Hillery! too.
Posted on 09/23/2010 5:50:19 PM PDT by SanFranDan
Top Obama adviser David Axelrod got an earful of the liberal blogosphere's anger at the White House moments ago, when a blogger on a conference call directly called out Axelrod over White House criticism of the left, accusing the administration of "hippie punching."
"We're the girl you'll take under the bleachers but you won't be seen with in the light of day," the blogger, Susan Madrak of Crooks and Liars, pointedly told Axelrod on the call, which was organzied for liberal bloggers and progressive media[...]
Madrak replied that Axelrod was missing the point -- that the criticism of the left made it tougher for bloggers like herself to motivate the base. "Don't make our jobs harder," she said.
"Right back at'cha. Right back at'cha," Axelrod replied, a bit testily, an apparent reference to blogospheric criticism of the administration.
At any rate, for Axelrod to plead with liberal bloggers for their help turning out the base, only to get accused of "hippie punching," is an iconic moment in Campaign 2010.
Unfortunately, American society has gotten lax on hippie punching to the point I thought I should write an FAQ to better explain the issue to those who don't currently engage in the punching of hippies. Hopefully one day this will all become so natural again that a hippie punching FAQ will be about as necessary as a flipping people off in traffic FAQ.
http://www.imao.us/archives/009667.html
‘which was organzied for liberal bloggers and progressive media’
The fact this White House is having conference calls with far left blogs is more revealing than anything else in this entire article.
Under the bleaches only after the 2:00 am bar closing.
Have I missed out on a new sport phenomenon? That sounds like fun.
I don't know why she's complaining, she's already been under the bleachers with Bill Clinton and probably Hillery! too.
Man, if she went under the bleachers with a goony bastard like Axelrod, she must be a REAL dog.
Looks like another blog pimp...
ROFL
“I don’t know why she’s complaining, she’s already been under the bleachers with Bill Clinton and probably Hillery! too.”
Bloggers have phones?
I thought most of them post from the public library, where phones are presumably banned.
Great link, thanks for the chuckles!
Jerry Jeff Axelrod?
Cass Sunstein in action.
Anybody have a problem with a White House advisor doing politics from the White House on the White House phones? Can anyone say “Hatch Act?” Or am I wrong about this? Aren’t we the people paying the phone bills? WHY are we paying for THIS phone call? And is anyone else interested that Axelrod is ADMITTING that he hires these bloggers all over the US to trash local GOP and Tea Party members? In other words, these aren’t people really out there doing this on their own — they are PAID WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS (don’t be silly, now and think it’s campaign funds, that’s naive).
LOL I think most dogs look a lot better than she does.
Committee on Public Information led by Edward Berneays and Walter Lippman under Woodrow Wilson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
The fact this White House is having conference calls with far left blogs is more revealing than anything else in this entire article.
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