{"id":2900,"date":"2010-09-16T01:32:23","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T08:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2010-09-16T01:32:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T08:32:23","slug":"battle-lines-wrong-vs-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/16\/battle-lines-wrong-vs-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Lines: Wrong vs Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wrong wing infighting took a new turn with the election of another Teabagger Senate Candidate, Christine O\u2019Donnell.  On the one side we have the the plutocons, corporocons, and neocons.  On the other, we have the theocons and the insaniTEA movement. And it is getting ugly indeed.  How then, can we turn this to America\u2019s advantage?<\/font><\/p>\n

The de facto head of the Republican Party is having a fit over this.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"ODonnellFingers\" Add Rush Limbaugh to the list of prominent conservatives tearing into Karl Rove’s hide today<\/strong>. As Rove continued his tour slamming freshly minted Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell over the considerable number of skeletons in her closet, Rush was almost literally beside himself<\/strong> with frustration at the idea that anyone — much less The Architect — would dare violate the 11th Commandment<\/a> so brazenly. <\/p>\n

O’Donnell’s nomination has created deep divisions between the Republican Party and right-wing activists<\/strong>. Last night, Rove bashed O’Donnell — and her chances of being elected — and insisted that she’s said a lot of "nutty things." He was attacked by some right-wingers for those comments. O’Donnell whacked him back in a televised interview this morning. And then Rove responded to O’Donnell and his right-wing critics, daring them to ‘prove me wrong’. Then Palin slammed Rove. Now it’s Limbaugh’s turn<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In the interest of public health, please have your barf bags ready.  Here\u2019s Rush:<\/font><\/p>\n

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I apologize, that\u2019s a lot of Rush to take, but watching him bust a gut at Turd Blossom is high entertainment.<\/font><\/p>\n

On a more serious note, Rachel Maddow reveals the research she has done on O\u2019Donnell\u2019s positions and character.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Defining this candidate early is important, because the Republicans have already scrubbed her website, as they did with Obtuse Angle.<\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Olbermann and Chris Kofinas discuss the controversy and how Democrats may benefit from it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As I see it, the Republicans want to define the November\u2019s races by painting the Obama administration as a failure.  Offering nothing new themselves, they are depending on voters to reject Obama\u2019s handling of the economy.  Democrats need to take a different strategy.  First they must run on their accomplishments.  But to be successful, they must not allow the Republicans to define the races.  Democrats need to define the races as a choice between what Democrats want and what Republicans want.  What Democrats want is far closer to what Americans need.  Republicans extremists like O\u2019Donnell are especially useful defining the Republican Party.  The only difference between establishment Republicans and Teabaggers is that the Teabaggers are open with their insane views and dangerous plans, while establishment Republicans are more adept at hiding them.  If we keep hammering on the differences, the outcome in November may not be nearly as bad as pundits claim.<\/font><\/p>\n

No matter which faction, the right wing is the wrong wing.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wrong wing infighting took a new turn with the election of another Teabagger Senate Candidate, Christine O\u2019Donnell.  On the one side we have the the plutocons, corporocons, and neocons.  On the other, we have the theocons and the insaniTEA movement. And it is getting ugly indeed.  How then, can we turn this to America\u2019s advantage? […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}