Time magazine's "Swampland" blog last week gave former Rep. Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Tex.) a platform as guest blogger and left-wing readers quickly pounced with all the juvenile invective they could muster. One commenter to Armey's valedictory post wished that Armey would eat sh*t and die, albeit saying so with more flowery language: "May you engage in coprophagy, then shuffle off this mortal coil."
Perhaps seeking to establish balance in the guest roster, this week "Swampland" invited John Edwards staffer David "Mudcat" Saunders into the electronic quagmire. Saunders is most notable for his role in guiding Mark Warner (D-Va.) to victory in the Old Dominion governor's race in 2001.
But the reception for Saunders is hardly any warmer than that of Armey, even though Saunders is far to the left of the former congressman's laissez faire economic preferences that were much-maligned by Joe Klein and company last week.
Although Saunders is an advocate of class warfare, the radically left-wing readers of "Swampland" aren't buying Saunders as a true liberal. In fact, crude and unfair stereotypes of Saunders and other white Southerners are frequently cropping up in the comments fields for today's posts:
Posted by p_lukasiak
June 11, 2007While anything would be an
improvement over Dick Armey, the fact that Saunders received a glowing profile from The Weekly Standard doean't precisely fill me with anticipatory delight. From the sound of it, Saunders specialty is in
appealing to White Southern males....actually, 'pandering to White Southern males' would be more accurate.
And quite frankly, the amount of ignorance and bigotry of white southerners that has been demonstrated for decades is completely antithetical to enlightened politics. We don't NEED the south to win...and the Democrats shouldn't debase themselves trying to find ways to effect their own "Southern Strategy".
Posted by Derek
June 11, 2007I would also like to suggest, as I have in the past, that it would be great if this site brought in a real Liberal every once in a while.
What a joy it would be to see someone here, who doesn't think New York, and the east and west coast in general, are Eevil. A person who has some appreciation for logic and facts, like all us dirty Internet hippies do, would be great.Posted by patroclus
June 11, 2007Jay, please get someone who actually criticizes the Republicans, who are actually in power in the U.S. And, instead of getting someone who merely insults his readers, please get someone to post here that will actually discuss policy from time to time.
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Posted by Derek
June 11, 2007I confess to living in a big city, that has an opera house, and just wanted to offer an apology to Mudcrap for the fact that I exist, and have never had sex with my cousins.
With comments like that, it makes you think the only blogger with an Edwards connection the crowd would go ga-ga for is Amanda Marcotte.
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I always chuckle when I hear
June 11, 2007 - 15:53 ET by Dave RI always chuckle when I hear comments about white southern males made by the so-called enlightened among us, particularly northeastern libs and the left-coast salad-head crowd. For a bunch of people who are always among the first to call out others for their stereotypical comments, these people are among the absolute worst.
I'm guessing most of these people's only exposure to the south is probably limited to a plane change at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, which, come to think of it, is just fine by me. It's too crowded here as it is.
Build the damn fence, George!
Being a white southern male,
June 11, 2007 - 17:30 ET by general companyBeing a white southern male, I couldnt agree more. And would like to add: That it seems to me that a lot of folks cherish everyone heritage but their own? Why is that, have they a reason to be ashamed. I don't
I'm confused! I'm a white guy
June 11, 2007 - 17:50 ET by Mica the MagnificentI'm confused! I'm a white guy originally from New York and now live in South Carolina. Where do I fit in? What does that make me? Am I a Hillarybagger? Are there any genuine liberals out there to 'enlighten' me?
Mica...What do you consider a
June 11, 2007 - 18:06 ET by Clear thinkerMica...
What do you consider a 'genuine liberal'?
Prove you can secure our borders first. The only legislation that counts!
1) Someone who has "Bush
June 11, 2007 - 18:24 ET by Mica the Magnificent1) Someone who has "Bush Sucks" tatooed on their a**.
2) Someone who can't get passed the approved, often repeated, lib talking points: "Bush lied" .. . "Cheney . . .you know what I mean." . . ."Halliburton . . .you know what I mean."
3) Someone who is curious about and supports communism but gets upset if you call it communism
4) Someone who is over 40 and still believes everyone should be equal, in the eyes of a bank account
How about someone who--
June 11, 2007 - 18:39 ET by misterbillHow about someone who-- takes a village to raise a child???? (Using corrupt oil company profits.)
Where do I fit in?LOL-Mica, t
June 12, 2007 - 07:51 ET by Dave RWhere do I fit in?
LOL-Mica, that makes you a damn yankee.
See, a yankee is somebody from up north who comes down here, visits a while, then goes back home.
A damn yankee is one who comes down here and never leaves. :-^)
-Hope that helps.
Build the damn fence, George!
...the fast lane, while dri
June 12, 2007 - 07:56 ET by sarcasmo...the fast lane, while driving as slowly as imaginable. Especially, for reasons unknown, if they're retirees from Michigan.
JMR
Thanks, Dave R. I'd like to
June 12, 2007 - 10:47 ET by Mica the MagnificentThanks, Dave R.
I'd like to know what they call a southerner who heads north and never leaves, but I don't think that happens.
Southern heritage
June 11, 2007 - 20:09 ET by Dave Rgc,
I, for one, am quite proud of my southern heritage. Sure, perfect it wasn't, yet there has always been a very strong independence streak in this part of the world. This manifested itself in the Southern War for Independence, which most of America refers to as the Civil War (which it was not).
That fierce independence is still present in this part of the country, though perhaps it is not as prominent as it once was. This is why I think the big-city libs are fearful of us, as they do not understand this trait, and liberals tend to fear what they do not understand.
This is one part of the country that still values true freedom. I hope it continues to.
Build the damn fence, George!
Peggy Noonan noted that the R
June 11, 2007 - 17:30 ET by SMGalbraithPeggy Noonan noted that the Republicans in Washington fear their base because they believe that the base is angry at them.
But Democrats fear their base because they think that their base is nuts.
To be sure, there are loons on the right (dare I mention, Ron Paul?). But the number and intensity pales in comparison to our wonderful crackpots, er friends on the left.
Y'know, the left? Those that lecture everyone on tolerance and diversity while abandoning the practice at home.
Tolerance? Now's there a idea that Mr. Saunders is finding in short supply among his crowd.
It's great when Joe Klein tur
June 12, 2007 - 00:38 ET by daveinbocaIt's great when Joe Klein turns over the rocks on the edge of the fever-swamps where the moonbats twitter and squeak. Pardon the metaphor, but the low-life on the sinister side of the Internet is pretty meager as to any signs of intelligent life.