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Message To Dems: Whining About "The Left" Is Bad Politics

By Big Tent Democrat

Yesterday, the NYTimes ran an article titled This Time, Voter Anger Is No Surprise to Democrats. In the article, Barney Frank is quoted as follows:

“Some people were taken aback by the anger [. . .] We’re professional people who are used to affection. It’s almost disorienting.”

Used to affection? Pols? Dem pols? Why? In any event, here's some advice - get over it. So far, Dems are still whining about it:

It is a point of frustration to Democrats that much of the public seems unimpressed by the litany of legislation signed into law in the first two years of President Obama’s term[.]

Leaving aside the merits of the whine, who in their right mind thinks whining from pols is a good political strategy? Especially whining about elements in your own Party? This is stupid politics. Here's a dose of reality for the whiners in the Dem Party from Chuck Schumer:

“People are sour now,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate. “Times are bad, and people are worried about the future. So they say, all these things are good, but are they making my life better?”

Whining about how hard it's been for pols in the Democratic Party is just plain stupid politics. Whatever you did (whatever your opinion of what the Dems have done) times are bad and the constant and unending whining from White House flacks and Dem operatives is helping no one - not even those folks looking for cover from blame for the coming defeat.

There will be nowhere to hide. Get to work. Do the best political work you can. No one is gong to feel sorry for pols and their flacks. And no one is impressed by attacks on the Left from the Democratic Party. Not now.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 15, 2010 (boomark / email).