Getting it From Both “Left” Ends

I don’t believe it – the first time I break down and wander back to my favorite primary hang-out corrente since VL endorses / un-endorses, etc. BO and the first thing I see is this…It took me about 3 seconds to realize that  goldberry was the inimitable riverdaughter (the “sino-peruvian lesbian” line always gives her away) As much as I hate to get involved…again…

VL and lambert  have surely  incurred the wrath of the oborg hordes as much as anbody. But, now it appears they are  getting it from both “left” ends.   (Lambert’s “circular firing squad”) This is mainly because, while they saw right through Obama from the start, they  couldn’t make that principled leap in the GE and oppose  a candidate they knew better then most was a hopeless fraud.

I can’t necessarily fault them for not following the path to its logical PUMA conclusion. That was a hard choice for many. I did, however, take issue when Lambert censured debate about issues like Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers yet allowed the obnoxious mandos’ r@cist insinuations against the pumas.

BTW, here is Arthur Silber’s take on mandos:

“UPDATE: I will have much more on these issues when I get further into my Tribalism series. For the moment, I will note that this first comment is a vicious goddamned lie or, more accurately, it is a series of vicious goddamned lies. Very sadly to me, it is also utterly typical of a certain kind of reaction to my writing. To begin to understand why this kind of comment is so grossly wrong and unjust, you can start by reading the first three installments of the Tribalism series. As I say, I will soon have a lot more to say on this general subject. I also note that to begin by saying that my writing is “great” only makes the lies that much more vicious, and that much more unjust.”

I’ve been seeing more  links and references to corrente, lately (mostly at cannonfire) , and Lambert seems a consistant advocate for single-payer HC. But, when I finally broke down and took the bait — damned if mandos isn’t still stinking up the joint!

myiq2xu (from comments — regarding corrente ): “We’re on the same side, we want the same things. Why aren’t we allies?”

And: “we (me, Lambert, RD, VL, Anglachel) agree on almost everything, especially on the issues. Our diiferences are minor in comparison to our common ground.”