{"id":2687,"date":"2007-06-07T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/can-joe-klein-really-be-this-c.html"},"modified":"2007-06-07T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T16:44:00","slug":"can-joe-klein-really-be-this-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/can-joe-klein-really-be-this-c.html","title":{"rendered":"Can Joe Klein really be this clueless?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is this an act or is it even remotely possible that he actually believes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1630004,00.html\">this stuff<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But the smart stuff is being drowned out by a fierce, <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">bullying, often witless tone of intolerance that has overtaken the left-wing sector of the blogosphere<\/span>. Anyone who doesn&#8217;t move in lockstep with the most extreme voices is savaged and ridiculed-especially people like me who often agree with the liberal position but sometimes disagree and are therefore considered traitorously unreliable. <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Some of this is understandable: the left-liberals in the blogosphere are merely aping the odious, disdainful-and politically successful-tone that right-wing radio talk-show hosts like Rush Limbaugh pioneered.<\/span> They are also justifiably furious at a Bush White House that has specialized in big lies and smear tactics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">via<\/a>)<br \/>\nJoe Klein sounds like the pot smoking father who&#8217;s surprised that his son is a heroin addicted who is  ready to blame anyone else but his own bad example.  The left side of the blogosphere has raging BSD because the media has BSD and they&#8217;ve been pushing it since the 2000 election.  Everyone knows it but the pot heat (who probably is in denial that he helped create this mess).<br \/>\nI&#8217;m glad that the monster is attacking it&#8217;s creator so that they can get a taste of what they wrought.  Reap what you sow, baby! Reap what you sow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this an act or is it even remotely possible that he actually believes this stuff? But the smart stuff is being drowned out by a fierce, bullying, often witless tone of intolerance that has overtaken the left-wing sector of the blogosphere. 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