Glenn Greenwald nails it.

[Stoic]

Robert Gibbs attacks the fringe losers of the left

The Democrats have been concerned about a lack of enthusiasm on the part of their base headed into the midterm elections. These sorts of rabid, caricatured, Fox-News-copying attacks on the Left will undoubtedly help generate more enthusiasm -- more loud clapping -- for the Democrats. I know I'm eager to go canvass and clap for Democrats after reading Gibbs' noble, inspiring vision. If it were Gibbs' goal to be as petulant and self-pitying as possible, what could he have done differently?

Perhaps one day the White House can work itself up to express this sort of sputtering rage against the Right, or the Wall Street thieves who destroyed the American economy, or the permanent factions that control Washington. Until then, we'll have to satisfy ourselves with White House explanations that the Real Culprits are not (of course) them, but the Professional Left, that is simultaneously totally irrelevant and ruining everything. I'll give credit to Gibbs for putting his name on this outburst: these are usually the things they say anonymously and then deny afterward on the record that it's what they think.

[ProSense]

1. Right, the guy who continually claims Obama is no different from Bush

nails it.

What a joke.

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[Stoic]

4. What? Do you mean things like this?

...that they've done so little about crisis-level unemployment, foreclosures and widespread economic misery. Or because of the White House's apparently endless devotion to Wall Street. Or because the President has escalated a miserable, pointless and unwinnable war that is entering its ninth year. Or because he has claimed the power to imprison people for life with no charges and to assassinate American citizens without due process, intensified the secrecy weapons and immunity instruments abused by his predecessor, and found all new ways of denying habeas corpus. Or because he granted full-scale legal immunity to those who committed serious crimes in the last administration. Or because he's failed to fulfill -- or affirmatively broken -- promises ranging from transparency to gay rights.

Obviously, none of THAT is true.

[jgraz]

8. The guy who continually demonstrates where Obama is adopting Bush policies

Fixed it for you.

[30rock]

11. Greenwald never in his life made such a blanket comparison

Greenwald has only likened Obama to Bush in specific areas which you cleverly do not mention, but you insinuate that Greenwald simply said Obama=Bush in general terms, without explaining.

The privacy watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation went as far as saying Obama is "worse than Bush" in the warrantless wiretapping area. But to talk about specific areas would not be convenient to you, because you would have a hard time defending them.




Feingold saw "similarities between Bush and Obama" on intelligence sharing:

[eleny]

2. K&R

[spiritual_gunfighter]

5. I think this is fucking amateur hour

The White House thinks it is going to win elections by shitting on it's base. Good luck with that.

[phleshdef]

6. Why is Greenwald lying again by pretending the WH has not attacked the right?

Geez, they talk shit about Republicans just about every single day.

[ProSense]

7. To justify his self-righteousness. Remember this is a guy

who attacked the DNC for going after the right because he thought the Dems shouldn't resort to such tactics.

[Stoic]

9. They don't equate the Republicans with "true blue conservatism"

They, your Democratic Overlords, want to be see as the reincarnation of "Real Conservatism" and not the far-right wackjobs brought to us by the Tea Baggers. So, of course, they criticize the Repukes. Every thing the Democratic leadership does is to appeal to traditional conservative voters. That's why Punch-The-Hippie is so popular.

[30rock]

10. self-delete

sorry

[Phx_Dem]

12. Says one of the biggest asshats around.

[FrenchieCat]

13. Greenwald is one of the "Professionals" that keeps its foot further in this admin's

ass than the Right does.

Odd how the professional Left wants Obama to take on the Republicans,
while the same Left continue to ignore the Republicans,
while continuing to fight against this President at every turn.
Guess that irony is lost on some!

[Uzybone]

14. LOL. The patron saint of the powerless whiner brigade

If we want more progressive policy, we elect more progressives.

Or we can just blog and complain and see if that works.