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Monday, April 03, 2006

 

Right-Wing Bloggers for Lieberman

Gannon

Well it looks like Joe's got the right-wing male hooker vote sewn up:

Truth be told, JFK would recognize the Democratic Party because his BROTHER is a member of its radicalized leadership as is the "other JFK", whose cheap imitation of a war hero would be repugnant to the commander of PT-109. He'd more than likely be sickened by its treatment of Sen. Joe Lieberman, one of the few in his party who takes the threat of Islamofacism seriously.


Now, this is silly, and the wisdom of linking to a forgotten non-entity like Gannon/Guckert is certainly questionable (who knew he was still blogging?). But I do so only because there's a larger issue illustrated here.

I've spent a fair amount of time scouring the blogs on this race, and literally every single one of the (admittedly few) bloggers I've come across who are defending Lieberman are right-wingers who have barely a single bad word for him. I have yet to come across even one self-described liberal, Democratic, moderate, or even non-partisan blogger speaking up strongly for Lieberman. If anyone has come across one, please let me know. But I haven't.

Why is the right-wing blogosphere - who should have zero interest in a closed Democratic primary where they lack even a credible GOP challenger for the general - so eager to try to help Lieberman fend off Ned Lamont? The answer is clear: not only is he an ideological fellow traveller of those supporting the Cheney-Rumsfeld neoconservative foreign policy, but he's also the most useful of Fox News Democrats to for the GOP to have around, constantly undercutting the opposition and making it nearly impossible for Democrats to define themselves on any issue as a party.

Republicans of all stripes adore Joe for his continuing service to their party, and his continuing disservice to his own. Including, apparently, male prostitutes who used to frequent the White House on a daily basis.
Comments:
Well said.

Gannon/Guckert is to me just another symptom of Republican hubris. By any sane measure his presence at the White House press conferences would have been a huge embarassment to them--but wasn't, except in the blogosphere and a bit of tut-tutting in some major newspapers who got to look more credible as a result.

The Republicans have been smarter than the Democrats for at least the last twenty-five years in one key area: recognizing and trumpeting party loyalty, with the flipside the huge problem of true mavericks (as opposed to bullshit John McCain types) and the harm they can do. Hence the purge of Lowell Weicker in 1988. Smart move. Sent a strong message to all incumbents to toe the line and they got a guy from another party who was entirely useful to them in Joe Lieberman. A wise investment which continues to pay rich dividends, that is until Ned Lamont came along.

That is why the Gannons of this world are so alarmed.
 
Talking to a College Republican the other day and he said that if Lieberman wins, there's no way they'll be sending any volunteers to help his opponent.
 
Scarce- I think the way this race has the potential to play out like an exact mirror image of 1988 is one big reason why its gotten so much attention.

anon- I'm not surprised, of course they won't be helping his opponent - they've been talking openly about cross-endorsing him!

Put it this way: if McCain were facing a primary challenge for his Senate seat in Arizona, and Dems stood no chance of picking up the seat either way, would Democrats care? Of course not, we'd just sit back and watch the fight. But Republicans - from Sean Hannity to the blogs - are actively trying to help Joe win.
 
I've spent a fair amount of time scouring the blogs on this race, and literally every single one of the (admittedly few) bloggers I've come across who are defending Lieberman are right-wingers who have barely a single bad word for him. I have yet to come across even one self-described liberal, Democratic, moderate, or even non-partisan blogger speaking up strongly for Lieberman. If anyone has come across one, please let me know. But I haven't.

Well, there's Marshall Wittmann, who is a self-described moderate Democrat, but your opinions may vary.
 
sam- Good catch. Whatever he is (and I don't accept that he's a Democrat), it's true he's not a raging right-winger.
 
As with dear old Joe, Wittmann is a political opportunist of the first rank. The problem with playing the field is your loyalty gets challenged and then your credibility nosedives.
 
John Aravosis at Americablog picked it up!
 
sue- noticed that! Wisely, he's not linking to JJGG's site. He doesn't deserve the traffic.
 
Patriotboy has also weighed in.
 
http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=70755

TP, you might enjoy this.
 
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