Clown Princes of the Virginia Blogosphere Try to Stage a “Gotcha” Rematch
By Ward Smythe | Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | UncategorizedI guess they need readers. Why else would Ben Tribbett and Lowell Feld pull an issue out of the…um…air to attack Jim Hoeft?
Hoeft explains it here: Not Larry Sabato levels accusations at Bearing Drift
He expands on that thought here: We’re nowhere near a violent revolution
So, let’s be clear, NO ONE is advocating violence. No one is condoning violence. Not left. Not right. Not bipartisan (not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Tribbett knows that. Feld knows that. But perhaps they need the hits.
Because the difference you see, as exhibited by DNC Chair and former (thanks be to God) Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, violence can be used for fundraising purposes. Kaine sent out an email blaming Republicans for “trying to stoke anger” among the Tea Parties and elsewhere.
And we’ve seen report after report from the left, more than a few of them bogus, about insults and slurs and attacks against Democratic members of Congress. Of course they’re suddenly silent about the threats Bart Stupak received before he changed his vote.
I digress. Violence, regardless of political philosophy, is simply unacceptable. Surely we can all agree on that.
Rather than calling for the other side to behave, as Moveon.org tried to do in a press release earlier this week, we should be cleaning up our own houses.
I happen to believe, and I think Tribbett and Feld recognize this, that the new theme from the left (actually an old one, recycled) is to point to the “extremism” of the right, the “extremism” of the tea party. Single out a few wackos or make up a few stories to make everybody look bad.
We’ve seen it here with trying to twist Hoeft’s words. We saw it a couple of weeks ago with the stupidity of trying to label Ken Cuccinelli as a “birther” and drive a non-existent wedge between the Governor and Attorney General.
But catch a clue boys. Four years ago, when you manufactured your smear campaign of George Allen, we were young and unorganized. Not so anymore.
Bearing Drift is rapidly becoming the premier political blog in the Commonwealth. With the Virginia Politics on Demand Podcasts and the new Bearing Drift Magazine, we’ll soon be leaps and bounds ahead of the rest.
We think that scares you.
So, try as you might to threaten us with the distortion of our words. We’re not going to tolerate it.
No, we’re not advocating violence.
But we won’t back down. We won’t be silent.
And we won’t let you get away with your smear campaign.
To quote Sarah Palin, “We’re not going to sit down and shut up.”
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Ward Smythe is a pseudonymous aspiring freelance writer from Central Virginia. Until late 2007 Ward blogged at the now defunct "Ward View" and was active in Virginia and national politics. Ward's signature style of snarkery gained him a unique following that he hopes to regain here at Bearing Drift. Ward uses humor, satire and sometimes photoshop to make his point. Ward is proud to be an equal opportunity offender.
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3 Responses to "Clown Princes of the Virginia Blogosphere Try to Stage a “Gotcha” Rematch"
Well said Ward,
Ben and Lowell have hit a new low. They purposefully distorted Jim’s words to mean the opposite of what he intended. This is unethical and they owe an apology not only to Jim Hoeft, but also to their readers.
Steven, an apology from either of them would be news indeed, but one is owed to Mr. Hoeft by both.
As Margaret Thatcher said, “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
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