Some of those quotations are damn-near unbelievable. But I am particularly appalled at Erickson’s misogyny.

Grieving women do not lament. They ululate. What a fucking pig.

I made it all the way through the Limbaugh quote before catching on. Well done.

Nicely played—but I must note: That dog? A total Oreo.

(That was a joke, btw—not trying to get into a repeat of the shoe-shine blow-up from yesterday—just giving the dog the right-wing commentator treatment.)

The left blogosphere* is now all bent out of shape about the DNC’s “Rovian” response.  “They adopted right-wing frames!  Why, to read the DNC statement, you’d think that ongoing war in Afghanistan was US policy or something!  The DNC needs to hire Code Pink to write its PR!”

What’s everyone’s take on this?  I see a lot of people on the left finding an excuse to attack the DNC on a day when the rest of the world is focused on the screwup at the RNC, and yes, sometimes I question their motives.

The DNC statement is actually pretty sarcastic, and the reason it adopts right wing frames is BECAUSE IT SPECULATES ON HOW THE RIGHT WING WILL REACT TO STEELE’S STATEMENTS, and says so right from the opening.

Here goes Michael Steele setting policy for the GOP again. The likes of John McCain and Lindsey Graham will be interested to hear that the Republican Party position is that we should walk away from the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban without finishing the job. They’d also be interested to hear that the Chairman of the Republican Party thinks we have no business in Afghanistan notwithstanding the fact that we are there because we were attacked by terrorists on 9-11.

*Greenwald, Greg Sargent, and surprising to me, Cole gave GG a link and an endorsement

Allan, disenchanted Lefties on a deadline grab whatever they can use to construct a cool, contrarian line-of-attack, since all publish-or-perish journalism depends on staking out a startlingly nuanced, against-the-grain stance that demonstrates the writer’s keen perspicacity and steely refusal to embrace the simple, obvious meaning of events and press statements.

I don’t want to be in Afghanistan. I’m pretty sure Obama doesn’t want to be in Afghanistan. But nobody’s willing to admit that there’s no good outcome to staying, and no way out that isn’t going to resemble the Last Days of Saigon.

And, yes, the DNC release is a snarky bit of giving-them-a-taste-of-their-own-medicine, and anyone who doesn’t get that is trying way too hard to win the Bob Somerby Hair-Splitting Cup.

Yes, for you, our dear readers, I am the proud owner of one of the most embarrassing subscription lists on YouTube.

Oh, you said “subscription lists.”

I thought you said “blogs.”

Sorry.

That was especially creepy, Kevin.  Watching his unsynchronized mouth was most distracting. 

Has Ewick always had that gap between his teeth, or was he eating an oatmeal-raising cookie just before firing up the webcam?

As a 25-year resident of Maryland, I am bursting with pride that it was my state that gave Michael Steele to our nation.  It is probably in vain that I hope RNC will make him Chairman-for-Life, but a boy can dream.

This was a most excellent post, Ms. Cracker.  I particularly appreciate the way you captured Ted Nugent’s Inner Romantic.  [The poor man is so misunderstood.]

Excellent post. Apparently Liz Ctcheney has jumped on the We H8 Michael Steele bandwagon but I still think it’s too early to place bets on when he’ll get his pink slip.

(My only comment on Oreo jokes: Please don’t. Just. Don’t.)

You’re right, HTP. Besides, the REAL problem with the dog is that it’s from Boston and is hence an effete East Coast liberal elite.