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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Driftglass: a blogger who puts all others to shame
Posted by Jill | 9:00 AM

I usually try to give props to everyone on my blogroll. I may not read all of them every day, but I do try to stop in on all of them at least once a week. What I love about all of these bloggers is that each offers something different to the national conversation. Sure, the Alpha Dogs of Bloggerdom have the influence, but I wouldn't think of starting the day without checking in with Americablog, Running Scared, Steve Gilliard, ShakesSis, and Digby...and try not to miss Scott's NJ updates at Poetic Leanings, or Tami's unique insights, or the inimitable Tata, or my blogbrother ModFab -- and that's not to stiff anyone else.

But now there's another blogger on my must-read list, and that's Driftglass, who just simply leaves me speechless. Often profane, but always right on the money, Drift is arguably the best pure ranter in Blogtopia. If you haven't checked in yet, put Drift on your must-read list.

A small sample:

Say, whatever happened to that Clinton fella?

Oh yeah; I remember. For his good work, the Republican Party hunted him harder than they’re hunting Bin Laden…and finally Impeached him.

(Tiny aside -- One hear’s Freeper comments on the internets, and here, and via email that all come down to this: “We Impeached Clinton! Bwahaha! Live with it Liberals’” as if this were a withering rebuke from which no man can recover.

To which I can only say: Are you kidding me?

Do you have any idea how fucking de-lighted I am that you nose-mining shit-flingers impeached Bill Clinton?

Do have any idea how many quantum levels easier you have made it to make the case against the GOP? When we can project the lies and treason and moral squalor of the Bush Administration – about which you will not whisper a single peep – against the scrim of your own words. Those million breathless pronouncements of Towering Indignation and Inconsolable Outrage we all endured year after year after year over such things as blowjobs and hair-cuts and single, failed real estate deal.

History will record Clinton/Bush-2 era thusly.

A relentless, seven-year war on Clinton based largely on lies and slander – led by Republicans.

An attempted coup-by-impeachment -- led by Republicans.

An election pilfered – by Republicans.

The greatest single attack on our homeland in history – while the Republicans slept.

The ruthless use of post-9/11 national trauma to ram through a nakedly partisan agenda – by Republicans.

Lying us into, fucking up disasteously, lying about the fucking-up thereof, and then disastrously losing an entirely unnecessary war – Republicans.

Making war on Science because Science makes Jerry Falwell wet the bed – Republicans.

And all of this happened while the GOP controlled most of all of the government...and yet continued to whine that they’re a persecuted minority of People of Faith.

And History will record that while the Republican Party fucked up every single thing they touched, they remained remarkably united on one issue: that everything that went wrong was somehow the fault of the dreaded “Liberalman!”)


This is from a great piece about the demonization of liberals. Go read it.
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