Taranto Underestimates The Power Of The Netroots
James Taranto's Best of the Web contained all sorts of goodness today, but this stood out:
On Monday a blogger calling himself Mr. Right (sorry, ladies, apparently there is a Mrs. Right) e-mailed us asking to link to a satirical post he'd written called "Democrats Give Up on Winning, Push for More 'Spectacular' Losses":
"Since we can't ever seem to win anymore, it has taken all the fun out of playing the game," said DNC Chairman Howard Dean in an exclusive interview with the Right Place. "That's why we have embarked upon this new strategy of trying to enjoy each and every humiliating defeat. The more spectacularly we crash and burn, the more fun we're going to have! Why do you think I go around saying all the insane things I have been saying since I got this job anyway? You didn't actually think I was that crazy, mean or stupid, did you? I mean, come on! . . ."
For evidence of this, one need look no further than last Tuesday's special election in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District, where Democrat Paul Hackett lost to Republican Jean Schmidt. After the results came in, showing that another one of their candidates had gone down in flames, many liberals were ready to pop the champagne corks! . . .
To further the stated goal of losing as many elections as possible, Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, publisher of the leading liberal weblog, Daily Kos, is lobbying for a position as a Democrat Party Campaign Manager.
"Kos" cited his "perfect 0-16 record" supporting Democrat candidates for elected office in recent elections as proof of his immeasurable qualification for such a position.
"It only makes sense as the next logical step," Kos said in a recent post, "After all, I couldn't be any worse than Bob Shrum."
We didn't bother linking to it, because it just seemed too absurd and over the top to be effective as satire. But then we read this in today's Los Angeles Times:
An array of liberal Internet activists is urging Democrats to vastly expand the 2006 congressional battlefield by recruiting and funding challengers in dozens of districts that have been virtually conceded to the GOP. . . .
Those calls are drawing new energy from Democrat Paul Hackett's narrow defeat this month in a special election in an Ohio district where Republicans usually romp. Hackett's showing "proved that you could build the party if you pay attention to every race," said Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of the popular liberal website the Daily Kos. . . .
Mark Gersh, a longtime strategist for Democrats, said the liberal websites and blogs were right that the party needed to expand the battlefield for House seats.
"But to expand it into districts where [Democrats] have no chance of winning is absolutely crazy," he said.
Turns out Mr. Right's satire wasn't absurd or over the top enough to be anything more than a description of reality.
Taranto just needs to read more Texas bloggers and he'd be hip to the power of the netroots.
Really, Mark Steyn still had the most fun with the topic.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/10/05 22:47 | Texas | Technorati
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