I wondered that too On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Wait... littlegreenfootballs is a "progressive" blog? When the hell > did that happen? I mean, I haven't been reading that site in a couple > years, but they used to be considered one of the classic right wing > blogs, along with Red State, and used as a counter example to Daily > Kos on the left. Wasn't LGF behind the creation of Pajamas Media? > > Is Politico off its rocker or did something massively change? > > Judah > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72615.html > > Left blogs rip Handel for attacks on PP > > By: Tim Mak > > February 8, 2012 01:46 PM EST > > > > Liberal bloggers are savaging former Susan G. Komen for the Cure > > executive Karen Handel not only for her role in the past weeks > > controversy over funding for Planned Parenthood, but for the way she > > handled her resignation. > > > > Handel resigned Tuesday with issued a strongly-worded letter before > > appearing on cable television to defend herself and trash Planned > > Parenthood for vicious attacks and coercion. > > > > Progressive blog LittleGreenFootballs described her exit and > > resignation letter as angry, while BlueMassGroup characterized her > > as a far-right GOP extremist. > > > > Her resignation letter, liberals said, would not calm the fires that > > threatened the cancer organizations image over the past week. > > > > The resignation letter is an indignant defense of the decision to > > defund, and her associated martyrdom I dont believe anyone thinks > > this will mollify those who see the Planned Parenthood situation as > > one where Susan G. Komen showed their true colors, wrote David Dayden > > at FireDogLake. > > > > Handel resigns, and in doing so, calls the CEO a liar on the way out > > the door You see, when you tell the truth about them, they call it a > > vicious attack. Theyre simply used to doing what they want and to > > hell with everyone else, so when someone pushes back, it shocks them, > > added John Cole at Balloon Juice. > > > > Many in the blogosphere also questioned Handels motives for quitting, > > arguing that she did so in order to make herself a martyr for the > > pro-life cause, and to cash in on her newfound reputation. > > > > Expect a big Facebook post from Sarah Palin, who endorsed Handel in > > 2010 and who never passes up a good culture war, wrote Chris Bodenner > > at the Daily Beast. No surprise that Handel refused a severance > > package, which would have kept her from talking about the controversy > > in public. > > > > In particular, a writer at The Nation had back-handed praise for > > Handel, saying that her exit strategy was reflective of evil > > brilliance. > > > > Handels very public resignation letter shows a political acumen and > > sophisticated grasp of cultural narrative, wrote Ilyse Hogue. Weve > > not heard the last of Karen Handel. And when she surfaces to tell her > > story, people should remember: shes not the victim, shes a > > sophisticated political operator who may have g > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
