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December 7, 2007
The 49 States strategy marches on
I've ignored the so-called Netroots for a long while now in favor of the NOLA-Roots, so I didn't realize til today that YearlyKos actually beat the Commission on Presidential Debates to the punch in declaring New Orleans "not ready to hold conventions". Reminds me of the manager of Spinal Tap writing off their canceled gigs in Boston by saying "It's OK, it's not much of a college town".
The real reason they're going to Austin and not here in 2008 is that the Austin liberalocracy worships Markos and everything having to do with him and will be lining up to suck his dick when he gets off the plane, whereas half the New Orleans blogosphere wants to kick his ass for kicking us when we were down (calling for a boycott of the state mere months into the recovery because of one stupid Meemaw decision). One of them (him or Atrios) said he couldn't put his pregnant wife's health on the line in a state that would compromise health care by restricting abortion rights, back when we didn't even have doctors or hospitals. As if Louisiana is the only state with an anti-choice statehouse. They're at the top of my liberal clueless Fuckmook list.
Plus they got their asses handed to them when they tried to meddle in our "New Orleans politics is localer" election by putting it all on the line (with MyDD) for Karen Carter, without ever trying to grasp the nuances of New Orleans Democratic machine politics. Democrats have had a few congressional victories in the Austin suburbs lately so they'd rather go where they can rock out with their cock out than come here and look befuddled again.
Fuck DailyKos and their "50 state minus 1" strategy. Markos wouldn't even be able to show up, he hasn't retracted his boycott yet.
Besides, I'm sick of people showing up here with laptops and microphones wanting to help us. Bring lumber and sheetrock and checkbooks and investment. Bring teachers. Bring carpenters and electricians. Bring psychiatrists. Armchair activists, stay the fuck up in Dirt Farmer Land and tend to your own fucking country.
Sinn Fein. Orleans for the Orleanians. Carpetbloggers raus!
Assholes.
Posted by ray at December 7, 2007 3:40 PM | Permalink
Categories: [new orleans | politics ]
Comments
Ourselves alone, indeed.
Posted by: Cait at December 7, 2007 3:50 PM
I actually met up last night with a group of New Orleanians who read DKos... and we vented our anger at losing the NN conference.
It seems like there are at least two factions of bloggertypes here: those who have their own blogs (Rising Tide people) and those who frequent the national blogs (Kos, atrios, etc: we all know them).
There exists, rightfully, some common ground between the two groups. We could all get a lot done, working together - like electing Gilda Reed in LA-01, for example. Building some progressive infrastructure, so the next time we don't have to choose between Machine #1 and Machine #2. BOLD and Jefferson. Clarkson or Lewis. You know what I mean.
There's a lot that needs to be done on the ground, even though we're all tired as hell... I don't know about you, but I'm more mad than tired. I'm ready to fight. I'm ready to put heads together and make other heads roll. I'm sick of being told it can't be done.
Posted by: alli at December 7, 2007 4:11 PM
I am so hot for you right now. Marry me.
Posted by: greg at December 7, 2007 4:21 PM
carpetbloggers - my favorite new word.
Posted by: em at December 7, 2007 5:08 PM
Alli, I wanted to go to that (not knowing about the YK issue) just to meet y'all, but I had to opt for a rare happy family night. (See yesterday's post). Plus I'm single dad til Saturday. Keep me posted on the next one.
Greg: OK, but Ashley asked first, so you have to be in the middle.
Posted by: Ray at December 7, 2007 5:40 PM
I've got your six, and I'm loaded for bear.
Posted by: GentillyGirl at December 7, 2007 6:03 PM
Will do, Ray. Have fun with your kiddos.
Posted by: alli at December 7, 2007 7:38 PM
Ray,
When you're right, you're right. Take care of business. Oh, and watch those moving nipples.
Posted by: Marco at December 8, 2007 9:27 AM
I've had my say about this in other fora, but I'm still pissed about the weenie excuses, as if Austin (lovely town, that) has a hotel big enough for their (obviously) GREAT BIG convention and New Orleans does not. Who the fuck do they think they are?
Posted by: Sophmom at December 9, 2007 10:59 AM
Austin has excess capacity when the legislature is not in session and there are no home football games.
Much like Baton Rouge.
Posted by: mominem at December 9, 2007 9:11 PM
New Orleans doesn't have excess capacity in July?
Posted by: Ray at December 9, 2007 9:13 PM
I'm guessing that showing up with excavators, concrete processors and dump trailers might not fall in the same category as sheetrock & checkbooks? *sophmom ducks*
Posted by: Sophmom at December 10, 2007 9:17 AM
BTW, I landed here this time by way of a search for a not to be named demo contractor.
Posted by: Sophmom at December 10, 2007 9:19 AM
Now that NetRoos is actually meeting, I thinks its worthwhile to ressurect this topic. I nominate Ray spokedcritter for that "rising tide" faction.
Posted by: Mark Folse at July 14, 2008 1:46 PM
Oh, Lordy. Fuck those fucking fucks. This is simply idiotic. Like penalizing Leah Chase just 'cause Dubya ate at Dooky Chase's once.
Damn them all to hell.
Posted by: liprap at July 14, 2008 3:01 PM
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