Daily Kos: "Unleash the Blogosphere on Greenspan"
Daily Kos, that bottomless pit of fisking material, is apparently trying to cultivate ill will for Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, presumably over his overall endorsement of things like President Bush's tax cuts, or his suggested proposal to partially privatize Social Security.
Now, Punditish is far from a fan of the often meddling Greenspan, but these criticisms seem purely reactionary. Greenspan held his post and managed monetary policy through the entire term of one William Jefferson Clinton, who, as these same people are quick to remind us of, presided over a great deal of economic growth.
Technically speaking, they could make the argument that what growth there was was in spite of -- and not because of -- Greenspan. It all seems rather convenient, though, and one gets the impression they'll throw anyone under the bus that isn't of use to them on the issue of the day; hence the shame heaped upon the party's own 2000 Vice Presidential candidate for remaining open to the idea. Heck, until today he even made Atrios' Social Security Wall of Shame (cache here).
This kind of trade-whatever-you-have-to-win-the-current-fight mentality is bound to bite them eventually, and the near-shunning of those keeping an open mind completely outdoes the "you're either with us or against us" line that was so objectionable to many when it came from Bush's lips. Then again, given their current chairman's recent comments, this sort of reactionary stonewalling could be the new Democratic SOP.
» March 4th, 2005
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