The Tinklenberg story is bigger than the Joe the plumber story
It's thousands of Dems acting overnight with small dollars amounting to an avalanche of donations to help try and unseat Bachman.
I expect that Keith and Rachel will be on it come Monday. But Tweety will no doubt try and grab credit for giving Bachman enough space and audience to show her true self thus mobilizing the fund raising for Tink. Whatever. This is huge. :D
I'm going to find the video. Yesterday, I got the impression here that he was being nice to her and I couldn't deal with it. You know how he can play both sides from one minute to the next. Now I see that he was handing her the rope.
16. Yes, I believe that Tweety was doing it on purpose too.
Note that he was one of the few journalists who were pretty explicit about trying to get the Republicans to admit that their harping on the Ayers issue was all trying to claim that Obama = terrorist. Remember when he just fucking RIPPED Eric Cantor a new one for trying to avoid labeling himself as a Republican? But Tweety kept getting stonewalled with lies and denials despite all the logic and evidence he brought to bear so it's no wonder he learned to be a little more subtle about getting these fuckers to show their true faces.
Tinklenberg is probably a complete unknown to most people, but this isn't about him. It's about drawing the line at what Bachmann said and flatly rejecting it on a national level in the most effective way the net roots can. I expect Matthews to take some credit on Monday and keep this amazing story going.
7. I didn't give a large amount. Probably like many others
But little by little it all added up and now Tink has a fighting chance right when he needs it most.
It's the "ordinary" people being extraordinary - raising up the window and shouting with their wallets that we aren't going to take it.
Btw, she was also on Larry King last night. One of 4 guests commenting on the issues. Not a peep of the earlier rhetoric that she spouted on Hardball. I think she got the message.
9. I think Katrina VandenHeuvel also deserves some credit
She correctly framed the statements of Bachmann when she came on Tweety's show right after her by describing them as McCarthyite and as a proposal to return to the House on UnAmerican Activities investigations. Bachmann had every opportunity to put on the brakes but plunged into the void. She didn't have to suggest that liberal members of the Congress should be investigated to determine whether they are pro-American or not.
I was angry at first watching that - thinking why the hell are you letting her get away with that stuff unchallenged. But my anger turned to admiration as he masterfully let her hang herself. He did a fantastic job of drawing her out.
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