Lamont Scandal Indicative of … stuff

Hugh Hewitt’s guest blogger Dean Barnett (from soxblog.com) has a really observant piece on the sinestrosphere’s aversion to the latest Lamont scandal:

Regarding the earlier blogola scandal involving Kos:

When the blogola story broke that put some of the nutroots’ luminaries in a negative light, Markos Moulitsas sent out an email to his fellow nutroots denizens that, among other things, suggested that they don’t discuss the story in order to deprive it of oxygen.

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As I write, the newfound discipline is once again on display. Two days ago liberal bloggress Jane Hamsher did potential damage to the Ned Lamont juggernaut when she portrayed Joe Lieberman in black face on the Huffington Post. Today, the Grey Lady herself, the New York Times, waddled in with coverage of the incident that was predictably condescending to the blogosphere. The whole tenor of the Time’s piece suggests that the bloggers are juveniles who should best be confined to the kids’ table during a heated political race. And nothing tends to bug the nutroots’ more than the suggestion that they can’t behave maturely enough to sit with the grown-ups like the New York Times.

His points are that a) the sinestrosphere can act as a cohesive unit, and b) that Kos wags the tail, and c) that this indicates a level of sophistication, maturity and discipline.

Once again, the smart move will be for the progressive blogosphere to remain relatively silent and deprive the story of oxygen. If they can pull it off again, it will be a significant development.

Personally, I think it’s simpler: it indicates a philosophy.

Cynthia McKinney – Like a Dull Knife in a Gun Fight

Atlanta Journal Constitution:

And for one of the first times publicly, Johnson took off the gloves. After McKinney accused him of being under the thumb of Republicans because of the money he has gotten from GOP-leaning donors, he struck back.

“I can accuse her of being under the control of terrorists, but I won’t” Johnson said, because of the money that her campaign has gotten from Muslim interests.

“But I won’t” – I think that technique is taught in freshman debate.