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Hillary vs. MoveOn; Remember Obama vs. Daily Kos?

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

This is amusing to me:

A long time ago I said that Team Clinton hates [the Creative Class blogs] and that, if nominated, they will marginalize us and undo all the hard work we've put in . . .

Yes, and Obama has always been a "fierce supporter" of the "Creative Class" blogs:

Andrew Sullivan is crowing over a swipe Barack Obama took at Daily Kos, saying:

"One good test as to whether folks are doing interesting work is, Can they surprise me? And increasingly, when I read Daily Kos, it doesn't surprise me. It's all just exactly what I would expect."

BTW, here is Ezra Klein in his full hypocritical glory:

This sort of thing really doesn't inspire confidence in Hillary Clinton. It's not, of course, that I can't understand why Clinton wouldn't like MoveOn.org. After all, they endorsed her opponent. But at the same time, they're an important part of the emergent progressive movement, and it's worrying that Clinton seems to view them as some sort of vaguely illegitimate organization . . .

Obama's disdain for the progressive blogs never inspired the same concern in Ezra. Imagine that. Credibility is a fragile thing. Ezra's has been shattered.

Barack Obama has made fools of them all. Do they really think they can hold him to account now? Just like their belated attempts to critique the Media, they have nothing they can say now to hold Obama to a progressive agenda. They have portrayed Obama as a God on Earth now, not to be questioned. They can not hold him to anything now.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 19, 2008 (boomark / email).