Eric Alterman (on Isikof) - Newsweek: Now You Tell Us....

[Catherine Vincent]

...Help bring down a president over a few blowjobs and the right-wing will leave you alone. Can you imagine, for a second, my Clintonite friends keep e-mailing me, if this story had a byline of say, Sidney Blumenthal or even Dan Rather? The virtual crosses would be burning on lawns across America. But Lucianne’s buddy “Spikey” pretty much gets a pass from Rush, O’Reilly, Scarborough and the rest of the cable TV/Talk radio circle jerk. I agree, but I tire of making this point. After all, far more judges have been confirmed—both in real terms as a percentage of those nominated under Bush than under Clinton and yet all of a sudden Republicans think the filibuster is a threat to democracy. And they don’t like the ethics committee now that Tom DeLay is Public Enemy Number One. And when our troops were fighting in Bosnia, the House Republicans could not even agree to pass a resolution in support of the troops. Put the wrong bumpersticker on your car now, and they’ll send a state trooper your way. (Or at the very least forcibly remove you from an official White House informational meeting on Social Security.)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7873570/#050517

[Hugin]

1. Kick for Alterman.

[Toots]

2. It is because of Alterman and Eleanor Clift that the wingers hate Newsweek

He better speak up because he is next on their list..