liberal celebs and the blog.
I may have to retire this page. Arianna Huffington's done-gone and put up a blog full of other blogs and stuff. I have only given it a cursory read, but so far it's all good.
I know there was a prevailing belief -- and not an unwarranted one, at that -- that The Huffington Post (as it's titled) would just be a steady stream of Dubya-hating celebs teeing off on the Liberator in Chief. Sure, perhaps that's the not-so-subtle subtext. But to be fair, them liberal bloggers are speaking to the issues du j'our (as wells as yester j'our):
* John Bolton
* Gay Marriage
* Hunter S. Thompson (The S stands for suicide-committing fuckwit, IMHO)
And so on.
It's an easy punchline, really, when celebs stand up to speak. I know the line. I've said the line. But let's be fair. It's not as though they are leading the liberal charge. Yes, Warren Beatty and Larry David have a lot more money than the DailyKos, but that doesn't mean they're on the island by themselves.
It wasn't so long ago that liberals laughed at the idea of a conservative grassroots movement. Well, that movement took root like a nasty weed that turned many a state red in the past three elections. Thanks to Terry McAuliffe for choosing to smooch Michael Moore's ass instead of building a network in the South, Midwest and Plains states, the liberal voice was drowned out by talk radio and a certain "fair and balanced" news channel.
I'm not saying the Huffington Post is going to be a leader in progressive thought. Hardly, in my view. But hopefully it'll start undoing the damage of a complacent Democratic party for the 20 years who were afraid to challenge those who call liberals 'evil'.
It's time to undo the fear of the conservative movement. To tell the truth about:
* "Activist" judges
* "Liberal media elite"
* the Christian right and its president on a leash
If the HuffingtonPost avoids the cheap shots that derailed John Kerry's bid for the presidency, perhaps it'll at least equal the volume of conservative rhetoric. But true liberal leadership is going to have to come from somebody higher up the food chain. Let's hope Howard Dean doesn't let the tail wag the dog.
I know there was a prevailing belief -- and not an unwarranted one, at that -- that The Huffington Post (as it's titled) would just be a steady stream of Dubya-hating celebs teeing off on the Liberator in Chief. Sure, perhaps that's the not-so-subtle subtext. But to be fair, them liberal bloggers are speaking to the issues du j'our (as wells as yester j'our):
* John Bolton
* Gay Marriage
* Hunter S. Thompson (The S stands for suicide-committing fuckwit, IMHO)
And so on.
It's an easy punchline, really, when celebs stand up to speak. I know the line. I've said the line. But let's be fair. It's not as though they are leading the liberal charge. Yes, Warren Beatty and Larry David have a lot more money than the DailyKos, but that doesn't mean they're on the island by themselves.
It wasn't so long ago that liberals laughed at the idea of a conservative grassroots movement. Well, that movement took root like a nasty weed that turned many a state red in the past three elections. Thanks to Terry McAuliffe for choosing to smooch Michael Moore's ass instead of building a network in the South, Midwest and Plains states, the liberal voice was drowned out by talk radio and a certain "fair and balanced" news channel.
I'm not saying the Huffington Post is going to be a leader in progressive thought. Hardly, in my view. But hopefully it'll start undoing the damage of a complacent Democratic party for the 20 years who were afraid to challenge those who call liberals 'evil'.
It's time to undo the fear of the conservative movement. To tell the truth about:
* "Activist" judges
* "Liberal media elite"
* the Christian right and its president on a leash
If the HuffingtonPost avoids the cheap shots that derailed John Kerry's bid for the presidency, perhaps it'll at least equal the volume of conservative rhetoric. But true liberal leadership is going to have to come from somebody higher up the food chain. Let's hope Howard Dean doesn't let the tail wag the dog.
