Daily Howler - May 5, 2005

LYING TO THE MOTHERS! Bush has some gifts for America’s mothers—disinformation, disrespect, phony fear

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005

DRUM GETS IT RIGHT: Our analysts lustily cheered Kevin Drum as he named a famous name in yesterday’s post. (Although he makes a tortured claim about the semantics of “cut.” In a wide array of circumstances, this claim would be less than convincing.) And yes, they cheered Matt Yglesias too, as he named the name of Joe Klein. Liberals and Democrats have to name these burn-outs again and again—and again and again, and again after that. Tomorrow, we’ll continue our look at Michael Kinsley, and you may get a better idea of how burned-out this former giant really is. Liberals and Democrats have to say, loud and clear, that this is no longer acceptable.

These people have to be named by name. They have to be named again and again. Libs and Dems have to say, “Enough!” Our analysts cheered when Drum did it.