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Donohue and Malkin know they're demagogues. But despite a well-deserved reputation for inflammatory rhetoric, you still labor under the impression you are not. No wonder you got your ass kicked.
That a liberal blogger of any stripe, much less one with a sizeable audience, would be surprised by the long knives and gnashing teeth of the Republican Smear Machine is nothing less than dismaying.
More disturbing, though, was your willingness to promote a spineless featherweight who, in order to show off his Mighty War Cock to voters, supported the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq... only to "regret" his decision when it became crystal clear that a continued defense would have *certainly* ended his career.
Edwards was buying authenticity and you were selling. To the extent there's even a story here, it is one of astoundingly poor judgment, both yours and your candidate's. Martyrdom is surely more comfortable than owning up to that, which explains the self-pitying tone of your essay.
Contrary to prevailing opinion - yours, Salon's and pretty much everyone else's - the left blogosphere is not a Democratic monolith. Many of us have turned our backs on the party which refused - and refuses still - to stand up to the lawlessness, bullying and criminal machinations of the Republican Party. Rewarding serial non-performance, duplicity and corruption with contributions and votes makes progressive political reform impossible. Perhaps another decade of being marginalized, suckered and abused by the DNC-ites you so enthusiastically support will strengthen your powers of observation.
