.....attempt to blow moderate and uncompromising Dems out of their own party.....
We all know the story about how Joe Lieberman gave them the finger last year, but most folks don't know Henry Cuellar's story.
"They win when they intimidate people," says Mr. Cuellar. "I've taken everything they've thrown, plus their kitchen sink, and I still stand proud as a moderate-conservative Democrat."
He says his triumph over blogger fire has only strengthened his conviction that his party will only win elections if it continues to be a "big tent" open to all views. "To make that tent smaller, to force people--not to persuade, but to force, because these are threats--to quiet down, that's destructive in the long term and the short term."
Noteworthy:
"In a match-up on 'Meet the Press' this past weekend, the Daily Kos's Mr. Moulitsas extolled those who use his site to trash thoughtful folks such as Mr. Cuellar as a shining example of 'democracy.' In the same breath he then commanded the DLC's Mr. Ford to 'control' his moderate members, and force them to stop disagreeing with liberal Democrats. If you get that logic, you might just be a Daily Kos reader. "
Or just simply an advocate for the persecution of Politically Incorrect Thought Crime.
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