I found this just amazing, and so appropriate as a response to the Gibbs Gaffathon, the gift that keeps on taking. For me, this reply captures the problem in a nutshell.
Rayne at FireDogLake writes about the Michigan primary, and then about not voting for either Dem candidate for governor because "they are both dirtbag DINOs, just slightly different flavors of the same crap, the kind of over-promising spin masters of which we have too many in DC."
A run-of-the-mill contra-Gibbs rant, right? Not quite. Rayne finishes this way (my emphasis):
Come November, I’m absolutely not voting for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. . . . Before you just roll your eyes and hit the back button, you need to know I’m not merely the base or the “professional left.” I’m an elected party official, a chair of a Democratic committee at local level. I’m a co-founder of a local Democratic organization and I’ve spent days-weeks-months of time and a lot of resources on behalf of Democratic candidates.Huh. This is the "professional left," and he is not a merry man.
In short, I AM the Democratic Party and I am finding it impossible to vote for a Democrat.
If you're still in your job in November, sir, you and your buds need to figure out how to answer House subpoenas, just in case. There's a train with your name on it headed your way, and it's almost slightly just about maybe too late to not keep standing in the way of it.
Just a suggestion, of course.
GP
