Legal Commentary

Putting A Face To The Cost Of Dem Cowering

By Big Tent Democrat

It is heartening that the disgraceful treatment Shirley Sherrod received from the Obama Administration has been universally panned. But I hope the fact that the problem of Dem cowering transcends the injustice done to Sherrod gets wider exposure. The vast majority of working Americans have suffered from this horribly damaging reflex from the Obama Administration and the Dems. At balloon juice, mistermix writes:

For those of us who admired the temperament of the Obama campaign and hoped the combination of intelligence, patience and confidence exhibited during his 2008 win would become part of their style of governing, this stupid, panicky and insecure response indicates that the right wing noise machine has some of the Obama crew rattled.

But this problem is not new, is not limited to the Obama Administration among Dems, and has had a much more deleterious effect on the country than the isolated issue of Ms. Sherrod. From the inadequate stimulus of 2009, to the deficit "concerns" (see the catfood commission) of today (among many other issues), the flinching and cowering of the Obama Administration and the Dems has damaged the country and, ironically, the political fortunes of the Dems. The reflexive hippie punching, the constant refrain of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, the ever present concern of being labeled a gasp, liberal, has led to great suffering in the nation. Simply put, the Dems have not been up to the job. L'Affaire Sherrod has put a face to the cost of this attitude. I hope that the transcendence of this problem is recognized and addressed.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).