Good News ! Progressive Blogs/Forums ARE making a difference!

http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/late-nite-fdl-tapping-the-source/

Richard Cohen’s Oh-Lawdy-Miss-Scarlett column excoriating the mannerless brutes of the angry left (how very original) drew down predictable ire today. As the blogs turn into the Never Back Down wing of the Democratic Party the call to regulate us into oblivion is only equaled by the one that calls for our marginalization. (This always seems to be triggered by the receipt of a few angry emails. Jesus Henry Christmas, suck it up you big babies.)

If we needed any more obvious illustration as to why this is happening, I can’t think of a better one than Chris Matthews’ conversation today with Ole 60 Grit O’Beirne about political corruption on Hardball (Crooks & Liars has the clip):

Matthews: Is it partisan?

O’Beirne: Oh, It’s totally bi-partisan.

Matthews: Every time I say on this show that it’s bi-partisan, liberal bloggers and other people say-wait-a-minute. The preponderance of evidence here and I believe it is true. Is that the Republicans have abused power more recently…

Those big choppers damn near fell out of her head at that one.

Said Digby today:

For the first time, I’m truly feeling the democratizing power of the internet (and I’m realizing why the powers that be are trying to cut off its oxygen.) The beltway courtiers are nibbling idly at their cakes, unnerved by the unruly mob of common men committing drive-by emails and digital lynch mobs and storming the stifling, airless social club that has become the nation’s punditocrisy. They don’t realize yet that this isn’t a fringe group of long haired hippies (not that there’s anything wrong with that) who are going to make the whole country hate us for our unruly ways. It ain’t 1968. There’s a lot of water under that drawbridge

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Poor Richard Cohen will have to spend years in therapy to get over the trauma of all those nasty emails he received. :cry:

fault, its that the are the party in power!

oh, my, POWER CORRUPTS!

implicating that the dems are no better when they where in power. But, other than the some minor scandels, the dems where never this bad.

except for the Keating FIve back in the 80's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_five