Friday, December 19, 2008
Dem Watch
If you thought left blogosphere oversight would end with the Republican ass-kicking of 2008, think again.0 comments
Queens Councilman Is Charged With Assault
The major difference between rank and file Democrats and the merely rank bloggers of the right is that the wingnuts will always defend Republican officeholders as keepers of some glorified flame, regardless of what heinous crime a pol has committed. In their canon, the Right, and the GOP are ALWAYS right and OK, and Dems and anything that sniffs of being towards the Left is ALWAYS wrong and bad.
GOPer Uber Alles.
Hundreds upon hundreds of GOP functionaries have been disclosed as crooks, pedophiles, corrupted vermin, or reprobates of various nefarious stripes. Invariably, wingnuts took to their keyboards to defend the pol and attack those who dug into the ooze and brought the facts to light. They'd then attack the left blogosphere for writing about any widening investigation.
Democrats, on the other hand, don't like corruption one whit. Rep. Jefferson (D-LA) found that out when his overwhelmingly Democratic district threw him out on his ass.
Now that we are the party at the wheel, we need to watch our members for any taint of GOP-esque behavior.
Case in point: new NYC arresttee Hiram Monserrate of Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Soon to be formerly of the NYC City Council and maybe (if he doesn't run into further trouble) soon to be the NYS Senator from Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.
This lad has gone quickly from Dem turncoat, before he even walks into the Senate chamber, to going Mike Tyson on his girlfriend.
At this point, he looks like scum. But, currently he's OUR scum, and as opposed to the rubberstamp Red Neckties of the GOP, we intend to keep an extremely sharp eye on our members. It's bad enough that you cannot find a vertebrae anywhere in most Democratic caucuses. We, collectively, will not stand for active, overt assholedness.
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