Joe Klein is such a wanker

[montieg]

Clinton was "liberated from the liberal wing of his party"....

Schumer and Emanuel the "architects of the Democratic victory"...

"the muscular realism of the Democrats who ran the election campaigns, Schumer and Emanuel."

WTF is Dr Dean--chopped liver?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/12/cover.story.tm/index.html

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Revisionist History

The DLC ran the Democratic party for 12 years, losing election after election. An actual Democrat took charge this time, and we won big.

The revisionist history is being written already by the Clintons and their stooges in the DLC.

[Demit]

2. "Muscular realism"? Eww, Joe.

Here's some pesky realism for you:

The Dems picked up 28 seats (so far). Of 22 candidates handpicked by Rahm Emanuel, 13 were defeated and 8 won (one is still undecided). The Dems needed 15 seats to win the House. Had the campaign rested on Rahm's choices, there would have been only 8 or 9 new seats, and the Dems would have lost.

(Rahm's 13 Losers: Darcy Burner (WA), Phyllis Busansky (FL), Francine Busby (CA), John Cranley (OH), Jill Derby (NV), Tammy Duckworth (IL), Diane Farrell (CT), Steve Filson (CA), Tessa Hafen (NV), Mary Jo Kilroy (OH), Ken Lucas (KY), Patsy Madrid (NM), Lois Murphy (PA).

Rahm's 8 or 9 Winners: Brad Ellsworth (IN), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Baron Hill (IN), Ron Klein (FL), Harry Mitchell (AZ), Chris Murphy, CT, Heath Shuler (NC), Peter Welch, VT. Undecided: Joe Courtney (CT).)


There is a TREMENDOUS push to annoint Rahm Emanuel in the media narrative. I'm not sure why. It's actually kind of frightening.

[northernsoul]

3. my ad hominem attack on Klein

Hey Joe, the Wolfman of Transylvania called, he wants his facial hair back!

[wyldwolf]

4. ya know, everyone is saying this with the exception of the netroots

...must be some grand conspiracy against Dean. I mean, even Pelosi and Rangel credit Emanuel.

I guess when the history is written, it will read the way Klein wrote it.

[otohara]

5. Pardon Me While I

:puke: How unbelievably transparent he is - sucking up to the congressman and senator - and playing the who's Howard Dean card?