The Liberal Blog Reaction To Scott Brown’s Election In Quotes

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The Liberal Blog Reaction To Scott Brown’s Election In Quotes

Written By : John Hawkins

As you’d expect, the netroots have their saaaaaaadddddd faces on after the big loss last night. Also unsurprisingly — well, to me anyway — the general consensus seems to be that a big part of the problem has been that Barack Obama has been too bipartisan and not nearly liberal enough. Oh, if only Obama had been an ambitious, far left-wing radical who acted like he won instead of playing patty cake with those Republicans, voters would have loved him and the seat would have been held in a cakewalk. Also, just in case you’re wondering, although some of the bloggers are skeptical about health care passing, as far as I could tell, nobody is calling for the Democrats to forget about Obamacare at this point. Now, on to the actual quotes:

Well, it looks like so-called “Independent” Scott Brown has won a Senate seat in our most heavily Democratic state. Just for the record,

HE CAN GO TO HELL.

Screw him. The campaign to unseat this lying, Republican Tea Party son a b*tch is starting NOW, and I’m starting it. — Yosef 52, Daily Kos

I don’t know much about Martha Coakley. I doubt she’s any more crappy than the rest of our nation’s embarrassingly horrible political class– although she did seem to want to break the world-record for conceding defeat last night.

…The media had their narrative in the can and ready to break out: “Democrats are too liberal.” And you get a couple of bad faith reactionaries like Evan Bayh and Holy Joe Lieberman to repeat it on TV a couple of times and a chorus of other Republican-like Democrats to do the same and the Village will have it playing from every jukebox in the joint.

…The problem was that immediately after the election, like one nano-second after, Obama and his centrist, defensive team Democrats began “undermining themselves with faux-bipartisanship and tepid policies.” — DownWithTyranny

John Kerry:

I hope as a party we don’t succumb to the temptation to form a circular firing squad.

Hmmm…A circular firing squad would eliminate all the current leaders of the national and Massachusetts Democratic Party as well as their legions of grossly overpaid consultants, advisers, and strategists.

And that’s a bad idea…why, exactly? — Hullabaloo

Millions of Obama voters — me included — naively believed that he was going to stand up to corporate special interests in behalf of working people. He didn’t. People do not like wimps who compromise their principles to stay in power. That’s why Reagan was able to create a whole category called “Reagan Democrats.” Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Gore, Kerry. Whatever.

The jubilant folks at FOX News et al. are correct that the Massachusetts election today has national significance — but not for the reasons they claim. They think people are upset at “government” but they’re really upset (whether they know it or not) with corporate control of government, which makes corporate interests synonymous with the national interest. The Democratic Party has been hollowed out by the same kinds of corporate interests that own the Republican Party. Progressives believed that after eight miserable years of George W. Bush and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression we had an opportunity to create a stronger social safety net. But Ben Nelson, Max Baucus, Mary Landrieu, and Joe Lieberman put the kibosh on that.

Ben Nelson and Max Baucus could never win a national election. Obama did win but instead of standing up to Wall Street and to the health insurance lobby he made a strategic decision to play nice with them even though both industries are toxic waste in the eyes of most Americans. A year ago Time magazine ran a caricature of Obama as FDR but Obama has yet to deliver anything concrete to the voters who worked so hard putting him in office. — Joseph A. Palermo, The Huffington Post

In the special election to replace Edward M. Kennedy, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party leadership were handed their heads in the most stunning, avoidable repudiation of ineptitude in recent political memory.

…Now we’ve lost Massachusetts to the Republicans, emboldening them further, dreams of defeated Dems dancing across their heads. Rubio in Florida the first to get a boost, Blanche Lincoln further endangered, with Harry Reid’s days now surely numbered, if they weren’t already. Imagine that sight come November. It will make Daschle’s thumping by Thune, seen today as a possible presidential contender, look like a blip.

…Instead, Barack Obama reached across the aisle and let the Republicans stymie the Democratic agenda on the altar of Let’s Make A Deal, which they had no intention of doing. For one full year Pres. Obama has laid back, waited, and let things spin completely out of control until even Ted Kennedy’s old seat has been squandered on the altar of bipartisanship.
The President pretending he wasn’t a Democrat so much as some mediator in a policy dispute, making sure not to pick his own side over the other. — Taylor Marsh

Aside from tax cuts, George Bush spent eight years in the White House and really wasn’t able to advance the conservative agenda in any major way at all. Now it looks like Obama and congressional Dems aren’t going to have much luck advancing a progressive agenda in any major way either. We complain a lot, but when all’s said and done, apparently the status quo is still pretty popular. — Kevin Drum, Mother Jones

I can’t even process the Massachusetts election right now. Last night, knowing that all I would be able to do if I stuck around my computer was watch the recriminations fly on Twitter, I just went straight to the tub with a good book.

…If the media is acting like this means the Republicans have won the Senate, it’s because as far as the Democrats are concerned, they have. The paranoid in me tells me this is what they wanted—now that they can hide behind the filibuster, they can tell themselves there are no expectations that they’ll get anything done. The result will be a bloodbath in 2010, because the public will not agree that you should let a minority party run the Senate. If the Republicans are going to own it, the logic will be, let them. — Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon

Screwing hillary out of the nomination has caused the democrats all the backlash they can handle. The male “progressives” who pushed Obama down everybody’s throats, and cheated women out of the candidate they preferred, pushed this country so far right that now there may very well be no way back. This is why I told Obama during the campaign that he must bow to the women voters’ concerns, or fail big time.

He has betrayed women, working people, the troops, black america, acorn, and every single person who voted for him time and time again. Rahm Emmanuel sucks, and so does David Axelrod, Obama’s whole team of right wing Bushies and con men. ONE TERM is all he will have. What a waste he is, what a joke.

The sexism of Ted Kennedy to turn against the women’s vote, is what has lost Mass. Women were so disgusted by the gutting of Hillary and Single Payer, that they have turned against the democrats exactly the way I said they would. — Roseanne World

I’ve long said that the Dems will get shellacked in 2010. But they could at least go down fighting and enact some policies that will do some good. Or, conversely, they could just turtle themselves and realize after the inevitable reaming in November that they spent two years accomplishing close to nothing. — Sadly, No!

Are you feeling nostalgic for Election Night 2008? This is almost exactly like that night, with a few small differences. For one, it’s again illegal to be black in America, so go back to Socialism-land, Rahm! Also, Andrew Sullivan may move back to Canada, he’s so bummed. There’s also a very good chance the beloved Health Care Reform will be passed. But still, SO SAD, right? MARTHA COAKLEY IS AMERICA’S BIGGEST LOSER. Let’s enjoy the final liveblog of the final night of the final election of Soviet America, because life is going to be awesome once the Republicans use their complete control of the White House and Congress to send you back to prison, hippie. — Wonkette

http://denverstuff.blogspot.com AliceH

Wow, teh crayzee is strong in Wonkette’s post. Especially the Soviet America bit. Because having the government ‘reform’ our health care isn’t one bit socialist, is it?
StanInTexas

The post by Wonkette is hilarious. The race card AND haterd of the Right in once spittle-laced post.

The question of the day is: “Will Wonkette EVER sober up?”
Rappin’

Wow… The unbridled pedantry. How does one converse, let alone debate people that are devoid of a basic unersganding of our founding principles. If Scott Brown’s election serves to move all politicians back to the Constitution, it will have been an excellent beginning. Lesson number one… We the People are pissed, marginalize us and lose your job.
http://cdharris.net/ Dodd

The male “progressives” who pushed Obama down everybody’s throats, and cheated women out of the candidate they preferred, pushed this country so far right that now there may very well be no way back.

Far and away my favourite reaction yet. That’s truly the gold standard of leftie delusion. Sweet and delicious.
http://guardian.blogdrive.com/ CavalierX

These quotes are great. I can’t stop laughing. Keep ‘em coming!
Mike_M

The Dems have broken a cardinal rule of agitprop, and that’s that the message must be modulated in intensity or the audience will build up a tolerance to it.

They’ve been screaming like ninnies since the 2000 election, and America is sick of it. They finally got their power back in 2006 and 2008 (due more to war fatigue and a bad economy than anything they did), and are losing it already because their message is nothing but blaring hatred and red meat.

Their outrage is meaningless anymore because it is transparently fabricated spin.
http://arcadehomer.blogspot.com celebrim

I can only hope that Obama and his team of staffers take their cue from these people.

I should dearly love Obama to decide that the lesson to be learned is that he hasn’t been partisan enough, or liberal enough, or combatitive enough, or pushed hard enough for the things that liberals really care about like social safety nets, open immigration, peace, curtailing capitalism, enstalling unions, and climate change. By all means Obama, bring that on. I’m sure what Americans really want is more of their President buying up private industries and telling them how to run their business. I’m sure Americans just love it when you declare war on Fox News. More angry shouting, insulting the voters, and thinly veiled threats like you’ve been doing ever since your inauguration address, Obama, please. Please continue trying to use the finicial crisis as a means of advancing your social agenda. I’m sure the American people will warmly embarace that and there won’t be the slightest backlash at all if you continue to ignore fixing the economy in favor of transfering money to your supporters, and power and authority to your cronies.

I firmly believe that what America needs is more of that stuff, because if you do it, then I’m convinced you’ll push the Independents so far Right that the Tea Party can put 30-50 third party independent true conservatives into the House in 2010 without in any way threatening the Republican’s ability to take over the house and for once, we might actually have a Congress willing to enact a true conservative agenda rather than this Bush era ‘compassionate conservativism’ garbage.
RWNReader2

Here’s my favorite:

…Instead, Barack Obama reached across the aisle and let the Republicans stymie the Democratic agenda

What reality do these people live in? The Democrats have 59 senators and an 80 seat majority in the House, yet their entire agenda has failed?!? That’s something like 5 TIMES bigger than ANY Republican majority EVER! (well, modern times anyway). If you need a cram-it-down-your-throats-you-can’t-stop-us-come-hell-or-high-water-super-fucking-duper majority to pass your centerpiece legislation and your ENTIRE AGENDA fails without it, doesn’t that mean BY DEFINITION that you aren’t “reaching accross the isle”!!!! My goodness, these people are delusional!!
redriverted

“…Now we’ve lost Massachusetts to the Republicans…”

Are these people retarded? They lost one seat in a Commonwealth that has every other seat owned by a Democrat and you’d think the entire delegation turned over to the Republicans. Hyperbole much?
http://conservativebootcamp.com martinhale

Hmmm…A circular firing squad would eliminate all the current leaders of the national and Massachusetts Democratic Party as well as their legions of grossly overpaid consultants, advisers, and strategists.

And that’s a bad idea…why, exactly? — Hullabaloo

I can’t say that I disagree all that much with old Hullabaloo here, at least in principle. If only he (or she as the case may be) could find a way to convince not only the National and MA Dems but a sizable number of the Repubs as well to follow through with the circular firing squad idea… well you’ve got progress right there, my friend…real progress. And no, I don’t really want politicians to literally kill each other – I’d much prefer that they just hound each other out of politics in order to make way for some citizen legislators.

The day that being an elected representative became a career choice instead of a strictly civic duty was a dark day for representative democracy indeed.
redriverted

Wonkette, Roseanne World, Taylor Marsh, et al.

MMMmmmmmmm, Yes, MMMMMmmmmmm. Your tears sustain me!!
Mike_M

“The day that being an elected representative became a career choice instead of a strictly civic duty was a dark day for representative democracy indeed.”

I like to imagine that if I ever run for any sort of office someday I would take no campaign donations, serve for one term only (no reelection campaign), and conduct most of the campaign itself with voluminous writing and video postings via the web.

It might fly for a city council or state legislature seat. I’d probably get assassinated if that message caught on for a Federal office run.
CaptDMO

Was this SUPPOSED to be a Liberal Blog reaction roundup?
I’m only seeing a (so-called) Progressive Blog round up.
And not too many who’s “insight” has proved remotely viable at that.

Of course, it’s NO time for Adults,Conservatives, and Independents,
to rest easy in the battle to oust socialist RINO “activists” from their assault at usurping the ‘Pub Party as well.

On to the REST of Mass, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut.

Just sayin’
http://networdblog.blogspot.com/ Christopher_Taylor

Some of them seem to be getting it a little but there’s too much “we weren’t radically leftist enough” nonsense. They also seem to be suffering under the idiotic delusion that Obama is some kind of huge leader that will fix everything if only he tried. He’s a perfect example of the Peter Principle. He’s been promoted beyond the level of his competency.
D-Vega

That’s funny, CT, considering that the explanation for any and all conservative losses are “we weren’t radically rightist, or conservative enough.”
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D-Vega

Murray, you are spewing that crap about “center-right” on two threads. The past elections prove otherwise.
http://arcadehomer.blogspot.com celebrim

Right now, by self-identification, Conservatives out number Liberals by about 2 to 1. Conservative self-indentification in the past year alone has grown so much, that it threats to overtake ‘Moderate’.

I think ‘center-right’ is a fair description. It also explains why the Democrats can’t get anything done despite having an huge majority – about a 1/3rd of the Democrats in office either don’t believe in the ‘progressive agenda’ either or else know that they can’t sell it back home. The Republicans haven’t blocked the Democratic agenda – Democrats have.

Come November, the DNC is going to be a sinking ship with rats fleeing it left and right.

Not that I think the GOP deserves anyone’s support either, but I suspect by November the GOP will at least pretend to have been whipped into line.
D-Vega

With all due respect, celebrim, self-identification is meaningless.

The only things that matter are elections. And until very recently Democrats had a majority in the Senate, majority of the Congress, the majority of governors and majority of state legislatures. Plus the Presidency. Plus the considerable amount of RINOs, including the recent Rep nominee for POTUS.

Saying “center-right” is about as accurate as saying “center-left”.

A certain fraction is conservative, a certain fraction is liberal. The rest change with the wind.

But saying 2/3 of the population are conservative? According to the standards outlined on this site almost daily? Absurd. That’s only in the idealist’s mind.
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http://arcadehomer.blogspot.com celebrim

“The only things that matter are elections. And until very recently Democrats had a majority in the Senate, majority of the Congress, the majority of governors and majority of state legislatures. Plus the Presidency. Plus the considerable amount of RINOs, including the recent Rep nominee for POTUS.”

It’s good that you bring up the RINO’s, because they are instrumental in pointing out that ‘Republican’ is not the same as ‘Conservative’. Conversely, Democrat is not the same as ‘Liberal’. Yes, the Democrats did have a sizable majority pretty much everywhere at every level of government. Why is it then that they have found it difficult to pass a liberal agenda?

If you are on Democratic Underground or something of the sort, the recieved wisdom is that the DNC leadership or the President are too weak willed or too nice or too willing to be bipartisan and have squandered or even betrayed this massive public desire to see liberal/progressive policies passed. That’s not the case. The real answer is that not every Democrat is a Liberal, and not even close. Something like 20% of Democrats self-identify as Conservative, compared to only like 6% of Republicans that self-identify as Liberal. The numbers are even more striking for moderates. Nearly 40% of Democrats self-identify as Moderate, compared to about 30% for Republicans. That means that even among Democrats, less than half hold liberal views. That is the real reason that Nansi Pelosi is politically toxic and Obama is shedding approval faster than any President in US history. That is the real reason that you can’t pass a national progressive agenda even with a Democratic supermajority.

You can’t note that there are RINO’s and then pretend somehow that the election of Democrats proves that the public has liberal views. Rather, the election of Democrats has complicated reasons, the most important of which on the national stage since 2006 has been that people were fed up with the Republicans. On the local level, in some senses in the South, local Democrats are less Progressive than local Republican candidates. In the South, many local Democratic party politicians remain the party of the landed gentry, the party of segregation, and the party well racism and discrimination. In the South, the Democratic party establishment consists of a bunch of wealthy people who promoted desegregation primarily to put a black business owner who was becoming a strong competitor on the other side of the tracks out of business, and still belong to a good old boy network down at the coincidentally all white country club. At that description is experience talking. In the Northeast, the DNC’s strength is primary Labor Unions, but those Labor Unions aren’t filled up with a bunch of green, whole-foods shopping, anti-gun, gay marriage advocates. They are, to somewhat debase the phrase, ‘salt of the earth’ types who more often live up to the opposite sterotype of watching NASCAR, pro-wrestling, drink beer at the bar on Friday nights, play hockey on the weekends, and are mainly interested in raising a family in a comfortable circumstance.

So, yes, there are alot of Democrats out there, but there aren’t that many liberals and if we can get some real conservatives into power for the first time since 1996 so that we can actually take some of the tarnish off the conservative label that the old guard liberal Republicans have put on there, I think we can marginalize the ideology even further. The democrats are winning elections primarily because of what the GOP has down in the last 12 years, not because of what the democrats have done.
MediumHeadBoy

With all due respect, celebrim, self-identification is meaningless.

True enough. I remember hoggo too.
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