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Netroots Nation flees Right Online!

Into ‘the peace and safety of a new dark age,’ no doubt.

Let me note, by the way, that I’ve never actually been to Right Online – nothing against it; I just haven’t been able to justify that and the RS Gathering and CPAC (and the GOP convention next year) – and so I have no idea how downright awful it was for Netroots Nation folks to be faced with real, live conservatives who are Oh my god there’s one RIGHT THERE and I called him a nasty name last week and my nametag says who I am and everything and he’s going to know me and I can’t get to the elevator in time and thank god he didn’t make eye contact and that’s good because I would have laid into him and Oh my god there’s one RIGHT THERE…

Ahem.

Anyway, I suspect that there’s some mental trauma going on, there.  Which is their privilege, of course: far be it from me to criticize somebody else’s neuroses, if only because my own are quite stellar, really.  But still, I have to say that this: Continue reading Netroots Nation flees Right Online!

#rsrh QotD, Smile at the Thought edition.

From this New York Times article (via RCP) on how Democrats are doing everything humanly (and a few things inhumanly) possible in their campaign ads to avoid mentioning the ‘D’ after their names:

With early voting beginning in several states in a few weeks and with Election Day less than two months away, some of the most vulnerable Democratic candidates have turned to another approach: pleading for a second chance.

“I’ve made my share of mistakes, but they were honest mistakes, and I’ve listened to your concerns and I’ve grown on the job,” said Gov. Chet Culver of Iowa, wearing a solemn expression that gives way to a slight smile. “I hope you give us the chance.”

HAHAHAHAHA no.