The Other McCain

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Oh, My: Liberal Bloggers Getting Tired of Putting Out (Propaganda) for Obama?

Posted on | September 23, 2010 | 114 Comments

“We’re the girl you’ll take under the bleachers but you won’t be seen with in the light of day.”
— Susan Madrak, Crooks and Liars

Never mind exactly why Madrak went off on David Axelrod during a conference call today. The point is that she’s right.

In order to win elections, Democrats have to pretend to share the values of the American middle class. They can’t afford to associate themselves too publicly with the grungy leftoids who are, in fact, the driving force behind the Democratic policy agenda.

I have no idea what inspired Ms. Madrak’s evocative metaphor.

UPDATE: You know, the difference with conservative bloggers — beyond the demonstrably greater pulchritude of our lady-bloggers — is that we’re not so willing to shovel shit for politicians.

The whole point of calling this blog “The Other McCain,” after all, was to distinguish myself from that two-faced backstabbing weasel who got the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. (David Nolan for U.S. Senate!)  And just today, Erick Erickson, Philip Klein and others panned the Republicans’ “Pledge to America.” 

The conservative blogosphere staged an uprising when the GOP establishment tried to shove Charlie Crist down our throats, fought tooth and nail to defeat a sitting Republican senator in Alaska, and recently dumped the “safe” Mike Castle in favor of Christine the Teenage Witch. We’re rather lose an election than to get screwed over by people who don’t respect us.

Our liberal moonbat counterparts dismiss us as dangerous extremist wingnuts, but we actually expect the politicians we support to pursue our wingnut extremist agenda — whatever that agenda may actually be, because at this point, all we care about is electing people who will vote “no” to Obama’s agenda.

Frankly, I liked the moonbats better when they were completely out of power, foaming at the mouth, camping out in ditches with Cindy Sheehan, and trying to elect that hopeless loser Ned Lamont.

Don’t worry, Susie Madrak, you’ll get back there yet!

UPDATE II: Susie “Suburban Guerrilla” Madrak tells her version of her exchange with Axelrod:

[H]ow am I supposed to motivate my readers when you treat them like the town ho?
Or words to that effect. I do it all for you, my beloved readers.

And what readers they must be! She gets 14 comments on a post, but averages barely 1,000 visits a day.  In recent months, we’re averaging about six times that traffic, and seldom get more than 10 comments on a post.

UPDATE III: Welcome, Instapundit readers! And thank you, Professor. The ‘Lanche arrived while I was toiling away on an answer to that burning question: “What’s wrong with people like Susie Madrak?”

Category: Barack Obama, Blogging, Feminism

Comments

114 Responses to “Oh, My: Liberal Bloggers Getting Tired of Putting Out (Propaganda) for Obama?”

  1. EZSmirkzz
    September 24th, 2010 @ 10:12 am

    I have that effect on people.

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  3. Avedon
    September 24th, 2010 @ 10:19 am

    “I have no idea what inspired Ms. Madrak’s evocative metaphor.”

    Really? Obama sweeps into town and starts whipping the Democrats to pass Republican policies and expand Bush’s policies and you have no idea why rank and file Democrats would feel ripped off?

  4. The WyBlog
    September 24th, 2010 @ 11:33 am

    Did someone say “punch the hippies”?…

    More like self-flagellation if you ask me! Meet Susie Madrak, a gal not even David Axelrod would take under the bleachers. Leave it to Stacy McCain to explain the facts of life to little Susie….

  5. Lauren
    September 24th, 2010 @ 12:58 pm

    Ms. Madrak needs stop going to the White House to be told what to think and what to write. Geez, its that simple. These are the same women Journolisters who let the guys tell them what to think and what to write, and they did! Ladies, use your brains. The reason you feel like you are being used is because you are being used.

  6. Lanceman
    September 24th, 2010 @ 1:36 pm

    Seriously, are there ANY attractive liberal broads? I mean other than Kirsten Powers?
    You and your ilk, Suzie, are homely enough. Opening your fool mouths just adds to your hideosity.
    Do yourself a favor: Shut up, get a makeover and lose some weight and you’ll find a halfway decent man.

  7. M. Simon
    September 24th, 2010 @ 2:14 pm

    A little link love:

    Hippies Punch Back.

  8. Randy Rager
    September 24th, 2010 @ 2:38 pm

    No she won’t, Lanceman. Part of the definition of “halfway decent man” is “would not date Susan Madrak for any amount of money”.

  9. John Doe
    September 24th, 2010 @ 4:44 pm

    Pardonnez-moi, but deed I detect a heent of complaining about not getting enough comments per post from us, your loyal readers?

  10. Hillary Clinton
    September 24th, 2010 @ 5:05 pm

    Wait a minute, I already hit that!

  11. Dicken
    September 27th, 2010 @ 7:23 pm

    RSM moved in for the kill::==)) Fucked Under the Bleachers How Liberals Got Screwed by Hope and Change.

    Blog Fu master(in speedo)sliced her to bits and sent her away bleeding from every pore. Poor MadDreck, pick someone your own cup calibre next time.

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