August 21, 2007

BLOGGERS VS BELTWAY: Much Re-Education To Be Done

Firedoglake's Jane Hamsher picks up on Open Left's Chris Bowers burgeoning campaign against "Bush Dogs" ("Democratic House members who have voted el-wrongo on both the war and on FISA") and comments: "Considering how successful progressive primary challenges have been in pushing Ellen Tauscher, Al Wynn and Jane Harmon into less knee-jerk reactionary positions, they're asking people who have representatives on the list to help them get up to speed regarding what's going on in that district." Hamsher recounts her financial support for Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) and promises: "Me, I'm gonna give Ciro a call. I don't like this and I think it would be good for him to stop by and explain these particular votes to the people online who supported his campaign."

Back at Open Left, Chris Bowers picks up on the following Down with Tyranny case against Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA): "You may have read about Blue America's dispute with Carney. When he was running for office he lied to us about his stance on key issues and 722 of our members contributed to his successful campaign against Republican incumbent Don "The Choker" Sherwood. As soon as Carney was elected he started voting just the way Sherwood would have. We were astounded that we helped elect an out-and-out, across-the-board reactionary."

Bowers then notes that Carney reporters he would support a Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) NY mayor Michael Bloomberg and promises: "Through this statement, Chris Carney has now rendered himself ineligible to hold Democratic Party office in Pennsylvania for the next two years. If he sits on the state committee, which I do not believe he does, I will introduce a motion at the next state committee meeting to have him removed from the committee."

Back on the right, Ace of Spades links to news the DOJ is investigating Rep. Don Young (R-AK) and comments: "Word to the wise if anyone in the GOP cares to listen: When your own partisans (such as myself) are actively rooting for Republican Congressmen to be arrested, you've got a problem. Deal with the problem. Eliminate all earmarks. All of them. And force the corrupt among you -- and you know who they are -- to retire before the next election."

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 21, 2007 12:47 PM