Comebacker

Martin Frost was just on Fox, making his case for Democratic Chairman. He didn’t jump to the bait about “the left” and merely made the point that the country is somewhere in the middle. He pointed out that the Democrats were actually more serious about fighting terrorism — that we had proposed the Homeland Security department and 9/11 commission and the president had opposed them. He’s not my choice, but at least he didn’t say that we should start some Stalinesque purges in the party.

The FOX whore switched on his robotic talking points at the appropriate moment, interrupting Frost’s litany of Democratic responses to terrorism with the required smirk, asking Frost how he explained the presence of Michael Moore at the Democratic convention?

Frost, like all Democrats, seems stymied by this and I don’t know why. Democrats should just laugh and reply, “Oh come on. Republicans having the vapors over Michael Moore just makes me laugh. There are plenty of provocative Republican media personalities making tons and tons of money saying shocking things. Rush Limbaugh said that Abu Ghraib was a harmless college prank. Ann Coulter said that the terrorists should have blown up the NY Times. I could go on.”

“But they aren’t invited to sit with former presidents at the Democratic convention!”

“Nope. The sitting Vice President himself appears on Limbaugh’s show.”

This fuss about Michael Moore is useful to us. We can use this to point out the nutty eliminationist rhetoric on the part of their guys. From now on nobody should ever mention Michael Moore without getting a Rush Limbaugh anecdote in return. They are both partisan media personalities and if they are going to trot out Moore as being the personification of left wing “moonbattery”, it’s a great opportunity to draw a comparison to the wild-eyed wingnuts of the right and perhaps bring them back into the realm of crazy aunts in the attic. That reduces their power. Gotta chip away at the Wurlitzer every way we can.

Of course, that means that Democrats have to be prepared before they speak to the media. Never mind.