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Greenwald: "contempt for, and an insatiable desire to demonize, the so-called "Left."
Democratic Senate staffer:
Asked what it would mean if Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide said bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their votes. Their influence would be in question."
I don't think the left is being demonized so much as being used. We're not powerful enough to demonize, at least among Democrats. I think we're more like doormats. In that we help them get in the door, but are left outside. Where we then 'rant and rage', howl at the moon, etc., etc.
