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Heh (5.00 / 5) (#10)
by Steve M on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:42:04 AM EST
I'm not sure how you could disagree with Jeralyn's post, since she didn't condemn the stage management, she only made the point that there would be a huge brouhaha if Clinton people were similarly ham-handed.  I don't see how that's even controversial.  The entire rec list at Daily Kos would be full of acid diaries talking about how Hillary needs to put "token" blacks front and center.

That is a fair point (5.00 / 1) (#12)
by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 10:43:46 AM EST
buuuut I think Jeralyn was ill advised to blog about it.

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Why "ill advised"? (5.00 / 2) (#71)
by lambert on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 11:41:24 AM EST
Because it's not appropriate to call b** s** any more?

If Clinton had done the same thing, the rec list over at The Obama 527 Formerly Known As The Kos Community would have been full of nothing else for days.

Stuck pig squeals, say I.

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I agree (5.00 / 2) (#34)
by tree on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 11:05:41 AM EST
and think that the point of Jeralyn's post was to illustrate that Obama's campaign, despite the protestations of many naive Obama backers, is just the usual politics.

  I don't read Willis,or at least I haven't in a long long time, so I can't speak about whether he's bing hypocritical here. I do know that he's being dishonest. Neither Jeralyn, nor any of the posters on her comment was "shocked" by the rearranging of seats. Politics as usual, we all understand that. Its the hypocrisy in how its covered that was the overarching point. Normal political moves, or even normal human failings are only considered nefarious when they are committed by Clinton, and manufactured outrage follows. Obama or McCain make the same kind of moves or gaffes, and the silence is deafening. Frankly I prefer the silence to the faux outrage: I just wish that everyone was held to the same standard.    

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True, most of us weren't shocked... (5.00 / 1) (#93)
by Maria Garcia on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 12:25:47 PM EST
...we were amused, but to post about that would be tantamount to admitting that we have a sense of humor, something I'm sure Obama bloggers would rather not do.

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MSM that slammed HRC for less should answer here (none / 0) (#67)
by Ellie on Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 11:37:31 AM EST
Really. They went after Sen. Clinton in force merely for taking a softly worded question. Their starting point was to act as if it was on her to make herself look as bad as possible; a ridiculous expectation.

The same phonies should measure this Obama story and address it using the same bar. No fair now for them suddenly to adopt the posture that, Oh please, everyone does this, it's so routine, blah blah blah.

I mean, they were in a state because she wasn't actively punching herself out at the mic -- something no politician ever has been expected to do.

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