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Blogs Attack From Left as Democrats Reach for Center
Washington Post ^ | 01/27/06 | Jim VandeHei

Posted on 01/27/2006 7:48:33 PM PST by Pikamax

Blogs Attack From Left as Democrats Reach for Center

By Jim VandeHei Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 28, 2006; A06

Democrats are getting an early glimpse of an intraparty rift that could complicate efforts to win back the White House: fiery liberals raising their voices on Web sites and in interest groups vs. elected officials trying to appeal to a much broader audience.

These activists -- spearheaded by battle-ready bloggers and making their influence felt through relentless e-mail campaigns -- have denounced what they regard as a flaccid Democratic response to the Supreme Court fight, President Bush's upcoming State of the Union address and the Iraq war. In every case, they have portrayed party leaders as gutless sellouts.

First, liberal Web logs went after Democrats for selecting Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to deliver the response to Bush's speech next Tuesday. Kaine's political sins: He was too willing to drape his candidacy in references to religion and too unwilling to speak out aggressively against Bush on the Iraq war. Kaine has been lauded by party officials for finding a victory formula in Bush country by running on faith, values and fiscal discipline.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: demresponse; du; kaine; kos; liberals; loonyleft; virginia; weblogs
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To: GSlob

"It's even more fun to egg them on. "Bite him! Bite him!"

That is is! But this coming week, the dims will be in sheer agony, with Alito's confirmation, the SOTU which will bump Bush's numbers a bit. I plan to gloat in full.

I see they now have a new mantra: it's Bush's fault Hamas was elected.

LMAO. It never ends.


41 posted on 01/28/2006 2:34:00 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: Pikamax
"The closest historic parallel would be the talk-radio phenomenon of the early 1980s"

No, obviously the parallel is Free Republic.

But Free Republic has always been the secret the media would never tell.

Judging from the results of the media's efforts to create and support a liberal internet presence, they did us a favor by hiding us.

42 posted on 01/28/2006 2:43:57 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: goresalooza
"with Alito's confirmation, the SOTU which will bump Bush's numbers a bit."
Bush has no need for numbers any longer - he is not re-electable. The Republicans in congress do need the numbers, and the successor for 2008 better be sorted out and anointed ASAP. Why give the RATs a lot of lead time?
43 posted on 01/28/2006 3:50:26 PM PST by GSlob
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To: dirtboy

"Now they have a cheaper option - a one-way ticket to Oregon."


'Except that Oregon passed a referendum banning gay marriage.

And Canada went conservative.

Which leaves Ithaca, Boulder and Berkeley.

So many liberals, so few utopias.'


BUT, Oregon has the supreme liberty. If the libs are just so saddened and sooo bummed out with GWB at the helm, it's legal in Oregon to just stick one's head in the gas oven and wave ta-ta.

Let's go Todo, Click, click....OOOoohhh I wish I was in Kansas, I wish I was in Kansa.....


44 posted on 01/28/2006 8:10:27 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: GSlob

"Bush has no need for numbers any longer - he is not re-electable. "

Ya think?

I just want his numbers to go up to P$(* the libnuts. I could care less about them for any other reason.


45 posted on 01/28/2006 9:05:31 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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