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7. This is not about being"off message."
Mon May 21, 2012, 10:58 PM
May 2012

It's about showing a level of stupidity and disingenuous that previously would have seemed surprising in him. Not stupid because it undermines Obama, stupid because it's stupid. Can an intelligent person actually believe that false equivalency that he finds so "nauseating?"

As a politician, Booker is free to decide what level of support or lack of it he wants to give the President. He may well have decided that Obama is going to lose the election and he's positioning himself for that. That's his prerogative as a politician. They all have to make those decisions. But to use the dishonest and destructive notion of false equivalency "both sides do it," as if there is a parallel between dragging Reverend Wright back into the discussion and talking about Romney's record at Bain -- that is just giving support to the worst elements of our current political discourse -- the element of pure stupidity.

Strangely, by making that equivalency, it's as if Booker is saying that the operations of "private equity" are sacrosanct in the same way that a candidate's religious beliefs are off limits. It's and absurd and destructive idea.

great democrat, my foot cakeislove May 2012 #1
I guess next you will tell me Rachel Maddow is a rightwing shill paid by Kock as a double agent. Ha Pisces May 2012 #3
Wow, Rachel Maddow!? Holy cow, I stand corrected!!! cakeislove May 2012 #5
Oh yes, now Rachel isn't progressive enough for some on this board??? Sorry but she worked hard on Pisces May 2012 #8
I'm sure that she's a wonderful person. cakeislove May 2012 #11
i like Rachel, Enrique May 2012 #22
So now we have purity police leftynyc May 2012 #40
How much did Bain donate to Booker in 2002? 36k...... FogerRox May 2012 #34
Shocker, you need money to be in politics. Wallstreet donates to everyone to hedge their bets. Pisces May 2012 #36
Just got here, eh? elleng May 2012 #4
Have anything of substance to say defending that waterboy for the 1 percent? cakeislove May 2012 #9
You must be inordinately fond of pizza, dear. kestrel91316 May 2012 #12
So, nothing, huh? OK cakeislove May 2012 #20
Don't worry. JNelson6563 May 2012 #52
Thanks, Pisces; elleng May 2012 #2
+ 1 proverbialwisdom May 2012 #55
You shouldn't be surprised and people have a right to be disgusted by him BeyondGeography May 2012 #6
Thank you, my dear! nt babylonsister May 2012 #15
well said AtomicKitten May 2012 #39
+1,000,000 Nedsdag May 2012 #50
I agree with most all of this... Chan790 May 2012 #60
This is not about being"off message." enough May 2012 #7
The Reagan Democrats always spout the same "take the high ground" strategy cakeislove May 2012 #17
why would anyone want to ruin Cory Booker? Enrique May 2012 #10
He's another Harold Ford. He's also an old school (Oxford) mate of Rachel's so I'm cutting her some monmouth May 2012 #13
The comparison to Harold Ford is a common one & spot on IMHO FogerRox May 2012 #28
Baloney. He's a politician and he swerved in the wrong way. babylonsister May 2012 #14
I think the problem was that he was on message, but MannyGoldstein May 2012 #16
Have you noticed lately how everyone talks about chollybocker May 2012 #18
Exactly! We should be shouting "Bain!" from the rooftops! Bain in no way helps RMoney. MatthewStLouis May 2012 #45
Not off message: ingac70 May 2012 #19
BZZZZZT! Sorry. Atman May 2012 #21
I think that any criticism of Booker's actions are fair game. pennylane100 May 2012 #23
Bull Angry Dragon May 2012 #24
One time? KamaAina May 2012 #25
Same thing with the watershed issue last year FogerRox May 2012 #27
Come to NJ and say that, in fact come down to Newark and say that, FogerRox May 2012 #26
393 views and not one rec........... Of course you might have done better @Conservative Underground. FogerRox May 2012 #29
What is incredible is that if you had posted Cory Booker 2016 on Friday many would have rec'ed and Pisces May 2012 #35
Doesn't sound like he's "working hard for our side" to me......... socialist_n_TN May 2012 #54
Conservative Underground loves Cory Booker scheming daemons May 2012 #46
Bullshit. He did this to himself by showing his true face. MrSlayer May 2012 #30
Yes, exactly true, I live just a few miles from Newark City Hall, a friend is Newark city councilman FogerRox May 2012 #31
He Turned His Coat Sunday, Sir: That is All, And It is His End As A Democratic Figure The Magistrate May 2012 #32
Oh snap, good to see you in these parts. I live just outside of Newark. FogerRox May 2012 #33
Family who lives in Newark. I wan to hear more about Booker's relationship with Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2012 #41
No one is untouchable. Bain gave Booker a lot of money when he ran for office. Lint Head May 2012 #37
It's a fucking election year SpartanDem May 2012 #38
This is not about being off message: he purposefully disected and attacked ... Evergreen Emerald May 2012 #42
On a positive note: Thank you Cory Booker for keeping us talking about Bain. MatthewStLouis May 2012 #43
Cory Booker politically kicked the President in the nuts scheming daemons May 2012 #44
His 'off message' has now dominated the news for two days and I'm sure that WI_DEM May 2012 #47
My 2 cents is this - I will judge him when I have to vote for him and based on... LynneSin May 2012 #48
He's a douchebag who tried to triangulate on Obama. We won't be hearing much from him in the future. MjolnirTime May 2012 #49
I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Arkana May 2012 #51
Your head is in the sand. He did more than "go off message" 1 time. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #53
Well if your in a house that might catch on fire he would be a great neighbor. grantcart May 2012 #56
I can't ever recall bashing a Democrat and Booker is an ASS! rufus dog May 2012 #57
And on top of that, piling on another Democrat is precisely what the GOP wants. CBHagman May 2012 #58
Bingo politicasista May 2012 #59
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