re: #74 Charles

I’m watching as liberals overwhelmingly line up to support Dave Weigel, which I guess isn’t really surprising.

But it’s more than a little weird. Because much of what Weigel believes is exactly counter to what liberals believe. He voted for Ron Paul, and he’s been a very determined apologist for Rand Paul. Neither of those politicians are even remotely liberal — they’re extreme right wing pseudo-libertarians, with a strong bent towards theocracy.

How did Weigel become a hero of the left when he supports people like this?

I think there are 2 answers for that:

1- What Killgore Trout said. The Daily Caller article has Weigel saying pretty nasty stuff about Palin, Drudge, Limbaugh, O’Keefe, etc. He frequently referred to some conservatives/Republicans as “ratfuckers”. He also wrote stuff like ““I think pointing out Coakley’s awfulness is vital, because it’s 1) true and 2) unreasonable panic about it is doing more damage to the Democrats”.

2- The “cocktail party” argument. Some liberal bloggers are Weigel pals in Washington (Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias), others have cordial relations with him (Brad DeLong, Robert Wright, among others).