Being wrong while being right (insightful comments by blackwaterdog)

[NJmaverick]

Gibbs did a stupid thing, he should have known better, but he told the truth. And those who actually read all his comments know that he was NOT talking about the grassroots, about people who worked hard to get Barack Obama elected, not to mention the 90% approval he's got among Liberals - it's a bad spin - he talked about the same people Michael Moore once called "The Professional Left", those who makes very good money from their job as "Lefties", regardless the reality, regardless the damage they inflict.

It's about joining the Right Wing in creating a narrative of failure around a very good Liberal president. It's just amazing. In 18 months of some of the most toxic political environment in history, the man did more to promote the progressive cause than anyone but two other presidents, and he's "Like Bush"?

You can't just criticize him ALL THE TIME, never have his back, and then insist that it's about keeping his feet on fire. No one except Rachel Maddow even bother to mention most of the great progressive stuff that he has done. There's a whole new criteria for this president - Do twice the job for half the credit.

When the most Liberal president in decades is labeled as "Bush" 24/7 by the "Liberal media", when Right Wing talking points being used as weapon against him from the left - then it doesn't matter much who will win this November. Or in 2012 - and i'm almost ready to bet that it won't be Barack Obama, that he'll take the family and go home. I'm pretty sure that Bill Maher can win the election.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/10/891907/-Bei...

[Deep13]

1. What the hell is "liberal media?"

[NJmaverick]

9. Mostly internet based

[asdjrocky]

30. Must be like the "far left" I keep hearing about around here. nt

[NJmaverick]

47. The 10% that don't approve of President Obama?

[EFerrari]

46. A right wing talking point. n/t

[Bandit]

2. Has this Administration done anything wrong in your opinion or are they equivelent to God?

I no longer trust the man and hardly listen to anything he says because I know it is just talk. Actions speak much louder. "Beginning on Day One"..."One Brigade a Month".."No more Supplemental War Spending Bills".."I will close Gitmo"...

[NJmaverick]

8. You glossed over the point that to many this administration has done nothing right

That is the destructive position that Gibbs was addressing

[Stinky The Clown]

3. And of course blackwaterdog is just an anonymous blogger unknown to anyone here

except for the name blackwaterdog.

[NJmaverick]

6. You're wrong about the unknown part and you FAILED to address the points raised

[Stinky The Clown]

42. No, my point was made. You simply failed to understand it.

Have a swell day.

[NJmaverick]

45. lol

[lame54]

4. he said we wouldn't be happy till we got Canadian healthcare and the Pentagon gone...

does that sound like the "The professional left" described here?

Give it up already - Gibbs pissed all over the liberals that got his boss elected

[zipplewrath]

5. Exactly

They want Gibbs to be both exaggerating, and narrowly focused at the same time. It was a broad brush attack on his critics from the left.

[NJmaverick]

7. That would be an incorrect summary of events

[lame54]

10. waiting for elaboration

[NJmaverick]

11. You first

[lame54]

12. I need to know how my summary is incorrect to answer you

[NJmaverick]

13. Your unsupported statements are incorrect

if you wish me to point out the flaws in your reasoning, you would need to first provide that reasoning.

[lame54]

14. we're done here

[unapatriciated]

15. "The Professional Left" are not Kucinich Supporters.

therefore he was not just speaking to the professional left (whoever that is). I have seen the support of Kucinich used as an attack against the left on this very board.

[NJmaverick]

16. I don't think Gibbs mention Kucinich

[killbotfactory]

18. He said these people would be disappointed if Kucinich was president

It is no secret that Kucinich is quite far to the left.

Now you take that statement, and run it through the DU Martyr Brigade filter, and Ipso facto, presto chango, Gibbs just insulted everybody on the planet who is a leftist.

[NJmaverick]

19. He's also right, they would be disappointed because there are limits

to Presidential power.

[killbotfactory]

21. Of course

But you're not supposed to say that out loud.

[JonLP24]

25. BS

I'm not unhappy with things like the Senate republicans and blue dogs killing the anti-foreclosure bill that Obama said publicly he would sign. No I'm unhappy with things like Bagram and I would be unhappy with Kucinich if he had Bagram open for business. It is a sad day when Kucinich, someone who stands up for human rights and habaes corpus is considered way, way, way, far to the left.

[LoZoccolo]

22. DU Martyr Brigade lol

[lame54]

23. w/o the DU filter - tell us what he meant

[killbotfactory]

26. That even a president as left as Kucinich would disappoint people to the left

because some people on the left are unreasonable and don't appreciate the political realities democrats face.

[lame54]

27. like wanting universal health care...

that kind of unreasonable?

[killbotfactory]

28. wanting it is one thing

expecting it and relentlessly trashing anything short of that goal as a sell-out to corporate is another

I want universal single payer healthcare.
I want the wars to end.
I want the pentagon budget slashed in half.
I want the banks nationalized.
I want a social safety net that eliminates the possibility of hunger, homelessness, lack of education, or other basic rights
I want the workers of the world to unite and cast of the chains of oppression from our capitalist overlords

but I would be a goddamn fool if I expected those things to happen with the government we have, spent my days whining about it not happening, and dismissing any move towards those ideals as not good enough and a personal betrayal.

[lame54]

29. you want reality?

People are fucking pissed at what Gibbs said

you can interpret any way you want

people are fucking pissed at what Gibbs said and it will cause harm to the administration

[killbotfactory]

31. And they have lost the plot entirely

The blogosphere will be a howlin' until some new bullshit controversy replaces this one.

[NJmaverick]

35. the reality is that making people dishing out criticism

are not nearly as good at being on the receiving end

[Yavin4]

51. Also Have Those Things Happen in 18 Months

Don't forget that.

[NJmaverick]

33. Unrealistic would be a better descripition

a good ultimate goal but not something that is achievable in the short term

[Name removed]

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[LoZoccolo]

20. This is a great find, K&R.

[BzaDem]

24. Great post. Gibbs was clearly directing his criticism to a very small subset of the overall left.

And that very small subset DESERVES to be criticized. If people think that Obama is similar to Bush in most ways, asking "what drug are they on" is a perfectly valid response.

He was not attacking all left-leaning criticism of Obama.

[asdjrocky]

32. Rubbish from an unkonown blogger.

Kind of like you.

[NJmaverick]

36. I didn't know you were a well know blogger

[asdjrocky]

39. I'm not and don't claim to be.

What a silly comment. The equivalent of, I know you are, but what am I?

Really, is this the best you can come up with to defend the indefensible?

[NJmaverick]

41. So you are mocking others for being like yourself?

Oh and if you google that blogger's name you get About 63,300 results

[asdjrocky]

43. Dude, if you google my screne name you get like 90,000 results.

That means nothing, nor does your silly argument. Seriously, do you think I'm 13?

He's some anonymous blogger on some site. Just like everyone here. If you're a fan, great, but it doesn't mean anything.

[NJmaverick]

44. That "anonymous blogger" (when did fame equal correctness btw?) is constantly

in the list of the top rated blogs at Daily Kos. That blogger is also frequently mentioned and quoted in DU and at least 2 other political websites I am aware of. Still what does fame have to do with being right or wrong. That is one of the oddest assertions I have seen on DU in some time.

[asdjrocky]

48. It has nothing to do with it.

If this blogger had a point, or was anywhere close to the truth, you would have a point. But he's not, and you don't.

[NJmaverick]

49. Based on what reasoning exactly?

[Cha]

34. Yes, blackwaterdog, is able to see the whole

picture and is more rational than I am about it..I'm glad Gibbs gave the professional left their smackdown..they can dish it out..but can't take it..got their earplugs in and the volume on the whine turned to ear busting.

http://extremeliberal.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/the-prof...

[NJmaverick]

37. BWD is one of KOS's best bloggers

Constantly on the most recced list.

[Scurrilous]

50. Indeed. n/t

[whatchamacallit]

38. Please allow me to try again

I believe this fine gentleman with the interesting name, blackwaterdog, is in error. Thank you for your attention.

[Scurrilous]

40. K & R

[Born_A_Truman]

52. Thanks for posting that diary ...