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Let’s make a deal

At TalkLeft, Big Tent Democrat says:

Hillary Clinton should suffer with Democratic voters for her attacks on Barack Obama regarding BitterGate. To speak of him as “elitist” is just the type of character attack that Dems should not use against fellow Dems.

By the same token, Barack Obama should suffer for his continuing use of this Right Wing talking point, one he has used since October 2007:

Sen. Obama accused Sen. Clinton of playing politics, and his campaign said she would say or do anything to get elected.

I condemn both Clinton and Obama for using right wing character attacks against fellow Democrats. Anyone think the “Creative Class” blogs will do the same? Me neither.

I have an offer for BTD: This blog, at least, will cheerfully issue the even-handed condemnation that he desires if he drops the shrill, divisive, and unoriginal “Creative Class” meme that he and others have worked to death.

While it’s possible that the “Creative Class” decriers don’t realize that they’re validating a tired right-wing pejorative, it seems unlikely - I thought they were smarter than that. The alternative, however, would be worse: they know perfectly well whose water they’re carrying, and they just don’t care.

Let’s hope it’s the former. At any rate, the offer has been made.

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