Today a Blue Dog was pissing on the House 122 and the Senate 40, saying they were stupid and were deluding the Progressives, when it was clear that PO has no legs. This coming from Rahmsian mafia and Blue Dog Corporistas who took the hatchet to the legs of the Public Option. This action is good adjunct to the strong arming of Congressmen by this mafia. To quote Anthony Wiener "It was as if a gun was being held to my head".
Markos, your performance on Countdown today, was an embarrassment to any self respecting Progressive. It seemed like you partook of liberal amounts of Rahmade in a party at the Whitehouse. You casually condoned the lack of the Public Option and the four year delay in availability of benefits. These are the core issues for which I have been writing missives to Obama and members of Congress and posting them on various blogs like FDL and DailyKOS etc. A key question I posed to the Corporatists at the two ends of Pennsylvania Ave was "Shall we watch 200,000 Americans die right in front of our eyes?" It looks like your answer along with the Corporatists will be "Yes, but it is no big deal".
Today Tom Carper, a Blue Dog, was pissing on the House 122 and the Senate 40, saying they were stupid and were deluding the Progressives, when it was clear that Public Option had no legs. This coming from Rahmsian mafia and Blue Dog Corporistas who were the ones to take the hatchet to the legs of the Public Option. This action is a perfect adjunct to the strong arming of Congressmen by the mafia. To quote Anthony Wiener "It was as if a gun was being held to my head". Tell me Markos you have not decided to wield the hatchet and that you were not the masked gunman holding the gun to Anthony’s head.
Egged on by O’Donnell, less said about him the better, you went to trash Dennis Kucinich ranked #1 Progressive in the Congress by FDL (did you vote?). Dennis is one of the few Congressmen who has stood by his principles and not back tracked from his words – unlike his fellow Progressives who have had to eat their words when forced by the Whitehouse and their henchmen on the Hill. You would not call the latter as a vote winning strategy.
You did not stop here and proclaimed that Dennis should be primaried. Why don't you take on Dennis in November. You have about the same name recognition and you have the exclusive advantage of having full backing from Obama, Rahm and other Corporistas in Congress. But please do read the the diary "Votes are simply not there" and the comments.
Note: May be I have overreacted to your interview today. Markos, I will be very happy to be wrong and eat the humble pie, rather than being right and losing a good Progressive to a bunch of Corrupt Corporatist Dems on the Hill and in the House.