Asshole.....Jonathan Alter just called Progressives "FIRE BREATHING LIBERALS"

[in_cog_ni_to]

on MSNBC.

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[AlabamaLibrul]

1. And on DU they're freely called Firebaggers, Emo Progressives and so on

What's the difference?

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. OH? Well, those "endearing" DU terms are new to me.

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[whatchamacallit]

38. Yep, apparently legal group call-out terms.

:shrug:

[Snotcicles]

53. funny how that works. nt

[Vanje]

2. I am a proud Fire-Breathing Liberal

Whats the problem?

[DesertFlower]

5. so am i. nt

[Ricochet21]

8. ME too

who has lighter fluid?

[in_cog_ni_to]

It's his derogatory use of it that pisses me off.

Bastard.

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[Courtesy Flush]

21. That's what I came here to say.

"I'm Superfly T.N.T., I'm the Guns of the Navarone!"

[terip64]

29. Me too!

[KittysRfuzzy]

31. My first thought too!

[Blue_In_AK]

41. Me, too.

At this point, we should ALL be breathing fire.

[dana_b]

48. ooo... we need a new smiley!! n/t

[EFerrari]

3. He's never right about anything. n /t

[Enrique]

6. that should score him some points

maybe the party people will throw him a scoop, or give him some access for another book. :thumbsup:

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. FireBreathingLiberal would make a nice DU name. n/t

[DesertFlower]

17. it would. i like it.

[KaryninMiami]

9. One of my favorite books-- by (then) Congressman- Robert Wexler

Fire Breating Liberals- he wrote it about 3 years ago. Great book- was a great Congressman but he resigned - it was very sad and strange as I recall because it was out of the blue. But he said he was leaving to head up a Mid-East Peace Center.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Oh, I loved Wexler. Florida.....right? Great guy!

:loveya:

Alter didn't mean "Firebreathing Liberals" to be endearing.

[DesertFlower]

20. i liked him too. sent

him a few bucks for his last campaign.

[liskddksil]

10. Alter's an ed-deformer: I could care less what he thinks nt

[senseandsensibility]

16. I agree.

He's a total sell out and inside the beltway hack.

[kelly1mm]

49. Isn't the President, or at least his education secretary an ed-deformer? nt

[liskddksil]

52. pretty much nt.

[democrank]

11. It`s laughable.

It`s now "liberal" in the Democratic Party to stand for the people, not the powerful.I thought I`d never see this day....

[chill_wind]

12. Not nearly enough of them these days. n/t

[mmonk]

13. We are always blamed but yet have no say in matters.

What we hate are the fire breathing liars. We did not create this stand off over the usual routine raising of the debt ceiling. Liars liars liars liars. We aren't the ones refusing to raise it. Damn liar he is.

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[alsame]

18. MSNBC has been doing this all day. They keep having

different guests that refer to the Tea Party and the CPC as the two 'extremist' groups in the house.

[DCBob]

19. you all know he is a KO fav.

no?

[alsame]

24. He's an MSNBC fav. Hasn't been on the Current show. nt

[DCBob]

36. sure was on his show alot when he was on MSNBC

I assume that was Keith's choice.

[alsame]

39. Don't assume anything with MSNBC. You'll surely find a better

way to trash Keith.

[DCBob]

44. not trashing Keith at all., I miss his show.

[checks-n-balances]

22. He lost me earlier after he started carrying water for Arne Duncan

It's a good thing I didn't hear him say what you heard, or my TV would be broken now.

[Raine]

23. It seems those of us who are "fire breathing" liberals are now the enemy

we have been demonized, disrespected and kicked under the bus ... I guess we must be doing something right. :evilfrown:

Well, whatever :shrug:

[mmonk]

26. The corporate state always knows its enemy.

We are the only left standing in its way and we don't control events. We'll be further marginalized if they find a way.

[Cleita]

27. When I first landed on DU, we were called latte liberals.

Is this a demotion or a promotion?

[in_cog_ni_to]

28. Good is now bad. Caring about the least of these is now bad.

Up is down. Right is wrong.

It's all so insane.

[krabigirl]

42. Anyone against corporatism and militarism is "the enemy."

[William769]

25. FIRE BREATHING LIBERALS

I like it!

Just like for years it did not bother me when people called me a Liberal thinking it would hurt my feelings.

Go FIRE BREATHING LIBERALS! Save us from the destruction that we are headed in.

[in_cog_ni_to]

32. Yeah. I've ALWAYS worn the Liberal Label with MUCHO Pride, but just the way the asshole

said Fire Breathing Liberals...through a sneer....pissed me off! :grr: What a jerk.

[pinboy3niner]

40. Absolutely! Wear it with pride.

I think we need a T-shirt. :)

[Stinky The Clown]

30. Hey incog . . . wear the label proudly.

I do. :hi:

[in_cog_ni_to]

33. Oh, I am a PROUD Liberal.

He just pissed me off because he meant as a slight. :grr:

:hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

35. Small minded. All he can do is small barbs.

[Hello World]

34. He must be feeling the heat - GOOD! Say no to this deal and make'm come back with a CLEAN BILL

:bounce:

[Kahuna]

37. I love Jonathan Alter. He's very insightful and usually knows what

he's talking about.

[krabigirl]

43. not even sure who Jonathan Alter is, nor why his opinion is important.

[TheKentuckian]

45. I'm proud to be that but fuck Alter on general purposes.

[hobbit709]

46. Beats being a crap spewing conservative.

[Greybnk48]

47. I like Jonathan alter and I'm a fire breathing liberal, or close

to it. He's just very pessimistic quite often and tries too hard to appear reasonable. It can come across as condescending.

[jwirr]

50. That does not sound like an insult to me - it just says we are fighters. nt

[Bluebear]

51. White house will be mad that he scooped them on liberal disain