How do you support a party that has these folks as it's standard bearer?

[dude1394]

I just don't see how a person can hold their head up when these are the kind of websites that are known as the standard bearers for the left in this country. It's really pretty sad that so many on the left are bat-s***.

http://monkeytenniscentre.blogspot.c...abu-risha.html

They’re hanging out the bunting at the Daily Kos and HuffPo following the assassination of Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, one of leaders of the Anbar Awakening alliance of tribal leaders against Al Qaeda - and the fact that the sheikh was photographed shaking hands with President Bush when the President visited Iraq last week is only adding to their glee.

With the exception of this piece, the posters hadn’t piled on when I checked. But the comments boards, while including pertinent questions about why the sheikh wasn’t better protected, and observtions on the dangers of forging alliances with self-interested and arguably unsavoury characters, are filled with sentiments such as “you lie down with dogs, you get fleas” and “it's a 'small price to pay' for a photo op with our great president!” Another commenter refers to the Anbar Awakening as the “Anbar sellout”, apparently affronted that Abu Risha should have turned his back on Al Qaeda because they were murdering his people.

A good indicator of just how out of touch with reality many on the left are is that lots of commenters were predicting President Bush wouldn’t mention Abu Risha’s death in his speech last night, because it didn’t fit with the picture of progress being painted by General Petraeus and the White House. On the contrary, Bush paid tribute to the sheikh, and pledged continued US support for the tribes.

[dude1394]

More "moderate-left" politics.

Thank you Hillary for calling Petraeus a liar!
by gopher747
Sat Sep 15, 2007 at 08:08:23 AM PDT

Thank you Hillary for calling out Petraeus for what he is, a liar and a distorter of facts.

While I still prefer an Edwards/Obama ticket, I just wanted to show some progressive blogosphere love here for Hillary for her calling a spade a spade here, and subsequently setting the right wing howling.

The same thanks applies to MoveOn, for their not allowing Petraeus to parade around like some untouchable holy priest without being called on his crap.

Petraeus is trying to help the Bushies hide their war crimes and war lies behind Petraeus's uniform, a uniform which Petraeus has now disgraced by his working most every MSM venue like a champion media whore.

A vital nerve must have been struck to set the right wing howling so about their holy man Petraeus, and I think that we should get Hillary's and MoveOn's backs on this particular issue.

So, whatever your 2008 candidate affiliation, please rec here now to show some love for Hillary and MoveOn for how they took on Bush's media whore Petraeus!