The Democratic Party Aristocracy...as defined at MyDD by Bowers.

[madfloridian]

This post really hit home with me. There is a long list of the characteristics...we see them all around us lately. Just a few of them that really struck me:

Democratic Party Aristocracy

A few of the more obvious ones.

Views primaries against incumbents as "purges," especially when they come from the left. All Democratic Party officeholders should receive their party's nomination by right of possession."

...."Constantly argues that we should end the circular firing squad and focus our efforts at Republicans, while simultaneously triangulating against left-wing strawmen at the same time."

...."In terms of cults of personality, hates Howard Dean and joined the efforts to derail his presidential campaign / try and push him out of the DNC; loves Joe Lieberman and decried the efforts to try and knock him off; is interested in Michael Bloomberg's potential presidential run and subscribes to his newsletter."

.."Even though he lost an open seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic year, believes that Harold Ford Jr. is the model for the future of the Democratic Party."

A good example of the 3rd and 4th ones above are the Carville/Schoen attempts to oust Dean in favor of Harold Ford.

Schoen joins Carville in calling for Howard's head to be replaced by Harold's

More from MyDD analysis today about the Democratic aristocracy.

Thinks that the blogosphere, You Tube, MoveOn and other netroots developments are fundamentally negative for the Democratic Party. Such institutions are filled with a new generation of dirty fucking hippies who will lead the Democratic Party over the cliff of unelectablility due to our ignorance, foul mouths and unwavering adherence to a far-left ideology."

...."Thinks that all options must remain on the table against Iran, including the use of nuclear weapons, because threatening a pre-emptive nuclear strike against a relatively powerless country you are not at war with makes you look tough on national security issues rather than absolutely insane."

There is more of Chris Bowers' rant at the link

I share his frustration.

[madfloridian]

1. Great comment from that MyDD thread...

"What you've done so well here, Chris, is to show that to the Democratic aristocracy, the main enemy isn't Republicans, but the Democratic left.Helps explain why they let this country go to hell - they thought it was more important to make common cause with conservatives to help defeat the left than it was to make common cause with the left to defeat conservatives."
by eugene on Fri Mar 16, 2007 at 04:49:51 PM EST

This goes along with Ron Brownstein's appearance on Hardball today, saying the Dems were using the investigations to pander to the left...that they needed to be careful. David Gregory stammered ineffectively, Matt Cooper corrected them.

The left is the enemy now. I am really beginning to think that if you disagree with the war, with the outsourcing, with total free trade....that you will be tarred as the enemy.

How sad.

[thethinker]

2. I've noticed this

and I am glad people are starting to talk about it.

[madfloridian]

3. The "left" is the target now of the media, the moderate Dems, and the GOP.

And that's a real shame.