Quit crying, get tough, and get in the fight.
Or get out and join the puff adders at DU.
Exactly. There are too many on our side that pretend to be tough on the left, but will shrink at the first wave.
Ann's point was that the DNC uses these people to push a political view with the whole idea that many on the right would be too afraid to respond for fear of being "too mean". And judging from Bill O and some on FR, she was right on the money.