The Crazy Left

[The Magistrate]

86. I Did Not Much Like That Post Myself, Ma'am

After a ritual cough and bit of pious disclaimer, it piled straight in to present these themes.

First: There are left equivalents of the extreme right elements in the driver's seat of the Republican party today --- which is merely a set-up for 'don't criticize the enemy for something we do too' ( a line a left audience will often fall for hard ), and for the extension of that into the usual punditocracy 'both sides are to blame, fault is equally divided' line.

Second: If we do not reign in, isolate, disparage, take stern steps against, etc., the 'crazies' in our own ranks on the left, we will be in the same position the Republicans are, with an extreme tail wagging a centerist dog. So let us not waste time attacking and exposing right-wing Republican outrages, let us concentrate our fire where it is most vital, on those to our left here, the real problem.

I have, as anyone who has been here for any length of time will know, my own quarrels on occasion with the 'lefter than thou', and certainly a number of them have their quarrels with me. But this is a time for unity, for a 'Popular Front' policy, and put bluntly, we are going to need our more extreme voices as budget negotiations get under way during the Holiday season. I do not trust our center and center-left Party leadership not to give away the store....