Short Memories

clipped from firedoglake.com Kevin Drum writes: Apparently Jane Hamsher has decided that a healthcare bill that provides a trillion dollars worth of benefit to low and middle income workers is so odious that mere opposition isn’t enough. Nor is opposition that increasingly employs the worst kind of right-wing talking points. No, it’s so odious that it deserves a scorched earth campaign against the Obama White House in partnership with Grover Norquist. I guess Kevin wasn’t around two weeks ago when Campaign for America’s Future put together a letter seeking to stop Ben Bernanke from being confirmed until the Fed had been audited: Jane Hamsher, founder, FireDogLake Gary Kalman, Washington director, Public Interest Research Group Matt Kibbe, president, FreedomWorks Grover Norquist, president, Americans for Tax Reform In this instance, the fact is that most “liberals” who work at institutions can’t step out and take a shot at Rahm, because Rahm would take it out on their organizations.