elect a Democrat next time.

Molly Ivins said:

There is one area in which I think Paglia and I would agree that politically correct feminism has produced a noticeable inequity. Nowadays, when a woman behaves in a hysterical and disagreeable fashion, we say, "Poor dear, it's probably PMS."

Whereas, if a man behaves in a hysterical and disagreeable fashion, we say, "What an asshole."

Let me leap to correct this unfairness by saying of Paglia, "Sheesh, what an asshole."

Until Muslim attitudes improve.

Not hardly.

He was about as not-guilty as a person could be, and they still tortured him.

If she wasn't from San Francisco people wouldn't assume she is a liberal.

BTW - California isn't "solid blue." Remember how Prop H8 passed here just last November?

It's a mixture of a cult of personality with the mandated cheering you see for the leaders of totalitarian regimes.

I didn't buy it when the GOP wanted us to blindly support G-Dubya and I ain't buying it now.

You remember them, don't you Dave?

"O-bama, O-bama, O-bama"

You were standing next to the punchbowl handing out the cups.

In fact, since Obama admitted he doesn't deserve the award, is he anti-American?

When his only accomplishment was running for President.

This is a bad joke. Couldn't they wait until he accomplished something?

Of course he was elected POTUS without having accomplished anything so this is just more of the same thing.

Or maybe they gave him the award for the "Beer Summit?"

You can't end a rape culture by enabling rapists.

In San Francisco?

WTF?

it had NOTHING to do with political rhetoric.

White was angry because his request to be reappointed to the Board of Supervisors was denied. It wasn't a political murder, it was the murder of two politicians.

Politically the late seventies was a period of comparative calm in San Francisco. The White Night riots took place after the murders (in reaction to the lenient sentence that White received)

It was the usual empty rhetoric - i.e. "just words."

Congress won't be chanting "Fired up, ready to go!" tomorrow night.

Get a grip and focus. You're just having a Kool-aid flashback.

I'm very proud of the reporting I did during the campaign, and of the work I'm doing with the team at OpenLeft. We don't carry water for individual politicians - we're honest and straightforward about trying to do our part to build a movement. And that means there's going to be praise and criticism - all at the same time. That doesn't make us the hypocrites in American politics - not even close. Indeed, the real hypocrites are those who insist they care about the future of this country, but either disengage or actively work to undermine a president because their favored candidate didn't win.

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11498

Heckuva job, Dave!

Where were you last year when the Party Unity My Ass people were saying that?

Reading these comments is like wading through a sexist sewer.

Both creepy and wrong.

Tabloid trash - maybe for his next trick Koppelman can take over the Jerry Springer Show.

If they did they would not have taken single payer off the table before they started.

"so many lefty bloggers and activists anointed Obama the progressive choice ignoring his legislative bona fides"

Look in a mirror Joan - you're talking about yourself.

With the Democratic party, failure is a feature not a bug.

The health insurance industry and Big Pharma gave Obama a lot of money last year - more than anyone else - to make sure health care reform doesn't happen.

Follow the money.

"As she matures, she’ll likely be able to hang on to her younger “Hannah Montana” fans while she vies for the attention of a new audience of masturbation enthusiasts."

As she matures, won't her Hannah Montana fans be getting older too?

unless acting like fools was what they wanted them to do.

But if the right wing controls editorial content at MSNBC then why has it been the Obama Network?

Why weren't they supporting McCain? Why were they bashing Sarah Palin?

Other than helping the rich get richer that is.

Wake up and smell the arugula Joan - Obama is Bush III

The Democrats have supermajorities in both houses, and you're blaming the Republicans . . . why?

What did Rihanna do, hit him in the fists with her face?

You really need to buy a clue.

Better late than never, right Joan?

Sarah rejected the idea.

Why is this news?

includes marriage

Being a liberal should mean more than the names of the people we hate.

I want to be better than them, not just like them. We're supposed to have principles and morals.

I don't care about Limbaugh, but we should be setting an example, not following his.

C'mon Alex, admit it. You just want another chance to sniff her panties.

Do you write your own articles or does Axelrod fax them to you?

When did misogyny become a liberal value?

Alex wants to get his PDS on.

is bad policy.

It should be legalized (for adults) and taxed.

Barack Obama is constitutionally inclined to be a conciliator and a difference-splitter. As a legislator in Illinois, he was noted for his ability to get different parties to come together.

Can you provide an example or are you just repeating Axelrod's talking points?

Funny you should say that. I just did a post the other day at The Confluence documenting astroturfed reactions to Obama's "Greatest Speech on Race EVAH" last year and how two different commenters just a few minutes apart claimed to have been moved to tears just reading a transcript of the speech.

Don't you guys ever use any original stuff?