Comments on: About Sid Blumenthal’s Emails

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:27:45 +0000

isn’t this issue just “pure politics”? in the past we were frequently reminded these are “politicians” and they in fact “play politics”…really just another flare shot up to distract media and blogs from discussing the reality of delegate math and probablities. This week superD’s continue to side with OB and the hrc team will (as politicians do) distract attention to something else…

By: bayoustjohndavid

bayoustjohndavid — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:56:58 +0000

Also, I found that HuffPo link in an email that I sent to a friend as part of a discussion of the three most likely Democratic candidates. If ,last May, two people who don’t make their living in politics were already discussing whether Edwards or Obama or Clinton would be the best Democratic candidate, then Huffington trumpetted a hit piece on Clinton at the outset of what she already knew was likely to be a two or three candidate race.

By: bayoustjohndavid

bayoustjohndavid — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:40:15 +0000

The HuffPo is going to condemn the Clinton campaign because Blumenthal sent out private emails with links to articles that criticize Obama? That’s really rich. I took my name off the HuffPo’s email list, because I didn’t want to add to its readership stats, when this post appeared almost a year ago. Private emails that mention anti-Obama articles are verboten, but blog posts trumpetting “Her Way” are just fine. That post was the most featured link on that day’s email, BTW.

By: white_n_az

white_n_az — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:24:24 +0000

I thought the story was bs but when I read it at HuffPo, I peeked at the comments and wow…that is a collection of underfed psychos. It seemed much worse than the Orange Cheeto

By: sister of ye

sister of ye — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:15:16 +0000

It amazes me how people who till now were heroes in left blogistan - Blumenthal and Paul Krugman, among others - are immediately considered vile, underhanded liar and conspirators the moment they say anything remotely negative about the Chosen One.

By: Lambert Strether, Philadelphia, PA

Lambert Strether, Philadelphia, PA — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:46:22 +0000

You mean…. There’s nothing to this story? But it was highly recommended at Kos!