The mockery of — and anger toward — Bill Clinton’s role as hatchet man for the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton spreads further among the liberal-left, now including (but by no means limited to) Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor-turned-blogger Robert Reich and lefty journalist William Greider.
Although I have hypothesized that a psychological line may get crossed that permanently erodes  to some degree  the Clintonian style of politics (particularly targeted by Reich), there is the counter-argument that the liberal-left will rally back to the Clintons if these tactics win Hillary the Democratic nomination for president. Yet I still wonder – after declaring something a laughing-stock, won’t this growing band on the Left fear making a laughing-stock of themselves?
(h/t Dan Collins and Memeorandum.)
Anyone who can simultaneously believe that affirmative action policies do not discriminate racially and that ‘color-blind’ policies do will be able to rationalize a return to that sty.
There is really nothing that they cannot deny or rationalize away.
Why is Bill Clinton doing this? Isn’t this what Sid Blumenthal is for?
Karl
Eric at Classical Values
And from the email I just got from the Obama camp:
This is going to get a lot nastier.
maybe you don’t understand that the “Clinton Haters” are RIGHT WING OPERATIVES paying good money for placement in prime liberal real estate.
In Daily Kos, you won’t see regulars posting in these Hit Diaries.
Not to blow a hole in your theory or anything.
george, Robert Reich might be a bit surprised by that.
Robert Reich is a RIGHT WING OPERATIVE?
Well, that’s interesting.
Whoops….got stuck on the golf thread. GMTA, eh Maggie?
Erm…skiing thread. Reading Tarquin is eating holes in my brain.
“Clinton Haters†are RIGHT WING OPERATIVES paying good money for placement in prime liberal real estate.
and that would be liberals selling out to the Reichwing Operatives, eh?
Oh you magnificent bastard, Rove!
that’s why after reading the first comment I pretty much ignore the rest, or very lightly skim. it’s like trying not to look directly into the sun.
Oh, Bubba should have seen that coming.
The RIGHT WING now encompasses William Grieder, Jon Stewart and Ted Kennedy.
Vastest. Conspiracy. Evah.
Frankly, hatred is ugly. And, I never could understand why people were so impressed with Bill Clinton. After seeing him stating the facts from his point of view with the aggressive press, I believe that he is really a truthfully spirited person. I am more impressed than ever. I feel that he has both a right and obligation to help his wife and his country.
“After seeing him stating the facts from his point of view”
He does some of that. Other times he flat out makes shit up and lies through his teeth while daring people not to believe him. That’s the sort of annoying crap that the media lets him get away with, Santa.
Clinton was sent to America by God. He is America’s stupid meter. The meter read 43% in ’92. Perot was sent to America by God. Some sort of punishment, I would guess.
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Irony. Right?
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Gotsta get yer minerals
“…a truthfully spirited person….
Very nice.
“truthfully spirited”… almost as good as stating facts from a point of view.
If they cannot rule, then no one shall rule.
Hmmm. Does anyone know when the bunker scene comes up?
dunno – was speaking to a friend who is all about Obama yesterday… and while he lamented the Clinton attacks, he could not… would not say a bad word about the Clintons other than “it’s just politics”… losely translated to “everyone does it”. But then he quickly added that he did not agree that the Ghetto Slum Lord comment was race-baiting and that Obama will just rise above it all.
seriously problematic the liberal mind and all.
Once the Dems settle on a candidate all this will disappear down the party’s memory hole. There may remain some residual sense among some of the electorate that the chosen candidate is less than perfect, but most people will forget why they have that impression. The MSM will rally behind ANY Dem against ANY Repub, once it’s down to that choice.
Every time I see Reich sitting (ostensibly on several phone books to get to counter height for the cameras) for a TV interview, I keep wondering if he is the same dude who played one of the recurring bad guys on the old Wild, Wild West shows with Robert Conrad.
Of course, when you distill truth to its spirit, you get truthiness.
RIGHT WING OPERATIVES
Oh, the horror. The vast right winger conspiracy is kicking into gear already.
I believe that he is really a truthfully spirited person.
You can believe that the moon is made of cheese, and that midget aliens dressed like clowns routinely kidnap humans, but that does not make it so.
Kelly – Reich was the body double for Tattoo on Fantasy Island.
I thought truthiness might be the leavings after the distillation of truth. The boiloff, as it were.
I like my truthiness at least 100 proof.
Exactly, guys. Consider truthiness to be not unlike Grappa.