Any Stephanie Miller fans here? Please check out Hal Sparks.

[Tarheel_Dem]

Some of you may remember Hal when he played Michael on Queer as Folk. He is a voice of reason in a sea of angry liberal bloggers. You can hear him filling in for Steph today. I'm posting a link to the last half of today's show. He takes on the PUMA's, the faux progressives, and doesn't back down in the face of name calling. That's especially critical now, because some people (Stephanie Miller included) retreat in the face of angry "liberal" poutrage. On some show, Arianna called Stephanie a "cheerleader", and it apparently made Stephanie question her support of the administration. Stephanie's a great comedian, and I love her, but she's just not the best at debating policy minutiae. These folks have actually made people afraid to say anything positive about this administration.

Hal speaks with a PUMA/Fauxgressive in this half of the show, and he lets her have it:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3570455


As an aside, I heard Joe Klein on NPR today. I wish I could find the clip where he calling out the fake progressives, and the mad bloggers. Klein distinguishes the real democratic base from the "liberal" blogosphere. It's probably on the NPR site. Catch it if you can.