On the other hand ...
by digby
Following up on David's post below, I'll just say that I also agree with Ezra on this:Paul Krugman is one op-ed columnist. Firedog Lake is one Web site. They have readers. But they are not the state of Ohio. Time and again, however, we see evidence that they have gotten deep inside the White House’s head. In letters, in offhand comments, in outbursts at press conferences, in my personal reporting, members of the Obama administration and members of the Obama reelection campaign will let slip that they are dwelling and worrying over these arguments. They may not agree with them. They may not think they’re fair, or sophisticated, or useful. But they’re thinking about them. And if you’re the “professional left,” that’s exactly what you want.
What's the old saying? First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Update: In the comment section of the FoxNews story about this, I find this comment:
One-hundred-fifty-one years ago, in his address at Cooper Union, Abraham
Lincoln, the founder of the Republican Party, addressed his opponents bitterly:
“Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is that you will destroy the Government,
unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please,
on all points in dispute between you and us. You will rule or ruin in all
events.”
I'm fairly sure the professional left are the slave owning Southern secessionists in this version of the story. You can't make this stuff up.
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