They "Have Our Backs", Or At Least Aren't Stabbing Us There

Following the condemnation of the MoveOn ad by the House and Senate the Mighty Kos of the Nutroots compiled a list of those Democrats who "we can trust to have our backs".  All the rest, we are advised, are "a fair-weather friend, at best".

But in the comments a reader revolt ensues - what about Obama?  This prompts the following laugh-out-loud update:

Added Obama to the list. He abstained in the anti-MoveOn bill, but his rationale (it was a protest against a ridiculous piece of legislation) was sound.

His rationale was sound?  His rationale was so weak that not even the even the Times could keep a straight face:

But curiously absent from the vote was Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, also a Democratic candidate for president, who had canceled a campaign appearance in South Carolina so he could be in Washington for votes.

Mr. Obama issued a statement calling the resolution, put forward by Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, “a stunt.” Mr. Obama said, “By not casting a vote, I registered my protest against these empty politics.”

Mr. Obama had voted minutes earlier in favor of an extremely similar resolution proposed by Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California.

Minutes earlier?  The AP said it was twenty minutes, but time flies when you are having fun - the Boxer amendment attracted Mr. Obama's non-stunt vote at 11:58 AM; the stunt vote from which Mr. Obama abstained was at 12:36 PM, a full 38 minutes later, so perhaps the Senator was hungry for integrity, or anyway, lunch.

Or maybe this was a principled stand!  The Boxer Amendment linked Petraeus to Kerry and Cleland, so perhaps Mr. Obama believes that Democrats running for office should be treated the same as generals serving their country.  Maybe!

Whatever.  One suspects that the Mighty Kos was stumped about how to deal with this disrespect from a Nutroots darling, so he chose to define "have our backs" very generously.  But for the rest of us, sitting out a fight is not quite the same as actively taking one side.

Geez - no respect.  It's the David Brooks scenario.

Comments

[capitano]

Earth to Obama:

Your Spin-Fu is weak!

[kim]

That's not "You won't have me to kick around anymore', nor yet 'no mas', but he's getting the idea.
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[Topsecretk9]

semi OT

Prowler says Shuster was supplied bogus info from Move-On

One problem: the soldier in question wasn't from Blackburn's district. Another problem: MSNBC producers got the name from MoveOn.org, which has been compiling the names of deceased military personnel and feeding them to reporters for "gotcha" interviews.

There is no evidence that Shuster accepted the name at a discounted MSNBC ad rate, however.

Shuster, not really a reporter but Move-On lapdog?

[MayBee]

"Our" backs? So Kos and moveon are an "our"?

[clarice]

Like Chirac had our back at the UN.

[Rick Ballard]

With Mowlett's Ass having kindly brayed out to to the world a compendium of the "true" Copperhead Caucus, we are left with the task of distinguishing Leninist from Trotskyite. The Beast will make the final Stalinist disposition, of course. The Proglodyte Caucus has 71 members in the House. Only 44 of them made the 'true' Copperhead Caucus list, leaving 37 Trotskyites counted as "undependable". Will the Leninists deny the Trotskyites access to Soros funding? Will The Beast deny the use of ACORN vote thieves to the Trotskyites?

Interesting questions that can only be answered by applying "What would Stalin do?" standards.

[Patrick R. Sullivan]

There's a story in the WaPo about a purported transcript of a meeting between Jose Maria Aznar and Bush in February 2003, in which Bush says Hosni Mubarak has relayed an offer from Saddam to go into exile if he can take $1 billion AND all the information he has on WMD.

Which is pretty strong evidence that no one was lying us into war.

[MayBee]

heh, Rick.

It is pretty funny to consider the idea that the politicians have the netroots' backs. Whatever for?
The netroots- especially kos- say they exist to support Dems to get them elected. Now he's saying those elected are supposed to support the netroots. What do the netroots need support for? If they do things that make the politicians look bad, and the politicians have to separate themselves to remain elected, shouldn't the netroots have the pols backs?

[kim]

Bush at peace with himself. That explains why he's so poorly promoted the war, figuring it would justify itself, as it is proving.
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[kim]

One thing about demagogues like Kos is that they can make adversarial what should be consensual, like the connections between politicians, and those they represent.

It's pathological, and inefficient.
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[kim]

Look how it has whipsawed both parties in their dervish. The Dem Pols look foolish to have ignored the facts on the ground, and the nutroots look nutty for forcing them to ignore what's in front of their faces. Do si do. That's the sort of perversion you get with the Kos Dancers.
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[Topsecretk9]

February 2003, in which Bush says Hosni Mubarak has relayed an offer from Saddam to go into exile if he can take $1 billion AND all the information he has on WMD.

Another lefty cult "gotcha" blows up in their face.

[bgates]

But for the rest of us, sitting out a fight is not quite the same as actively taking one side.
I don't know about that - isn't the argument against withdrawing from Iraq and sitting out the subsequent fight that it amounts to actively taking the side of the bad guys? Of course by that standard, Obama would have to be counted as on the side that he declined to oppose.

[Ann]

OT

MONDAY APPOINTMENT RADIO

Rush will interview Justice Clarence Thomas for 90 minutes.

His new book will be available Oct. 1:

My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas

[Rick Ballard]

"If they do things that make the politicians look bad, and the politicians have to separate themselves to remain elected, shouldn't the netroots have the pols backs?"

MayBee,

Mowlett's Ass is a sucker plucker (vide Jerome, Trippi et al infinitum). No huckster's patter need be internally consistant nor coherent. The purpose is to keep the rubes reaching for their wallet. I think he reads his crowd pretty well, he uses decent shills and he's certainly making a good living.

If the rube's aren't quite bright enough to figure out that buying a ticket to the Egress doesn't really get you anything, we probably shouldn't complain overmuch. I'm just surprised that he doesn't sell autographed pictures of Senator Lamont. He's missing a bet.

Now, if this were really about politics, then this action would qualify him as an idiot. But it isn't, and he's not. Just a huckster playing out his string with willing marks too dumb to be allowed to cross the street without accompaniment.

[MayBee]

Rick, that was just brilliant and spot on.

[cabana boy]

Could be worse,could be Glen Greenwald back there.

[clarice]

I bame PUK for not skinning the rubes before Kos did.

[Rick Ballard]

Clarice,

We've been focusing on offsets. If it weren't for those pesky cost overruns on the villas on Eleuthera, TAC would be able to declare a substantial dividend.

I'm practically positive that '08 results will justify it.

[PeterUK]

I would put it to the Board, that it is more cost effective skinning the man who skins the cat.

[Gmax]

I'm practically positive that '08 results will justify it

Speech stolen from notes found on the person of Norman Hsu when he was located upon the train they got on by mistake.

Hey it works for carnies, and low rent boyfriends too, so you cant argue with results.

[clarice]

Speaking of Hsu, flip reports Winkle Paes is missing. (Not the star of a Friskies commercial, Winkle Paws is intimately connected to Hsu's businesses and contributions.)

[MayBee]

clarice- what is Flip's url?
thanks---

[Topsecretk9]

MayBee

suitablyflip.blogs.com/

[clarice]

Sorry, if I'm late responding today--bad cold and busy day. Thanks for doing it for me, ts.

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