Usually I wouldn’t read anything that oozes its way out of the sack of shit that is Jonah Goldberg. I let The Editors at The Poor Man Institute read Jonah Goldberg for me and I’m grateful to him, him being The Editors, for providing that service.
But I saw this on Google News and knew that the one man smear machine was already churning it out crap about how Democrats are now exploiting the legacy of the just passed Senator by, you know, celebrating his legacy:
People are calling this the Wellstone Effect after the backlash over the Memorial held after Paul Wellstone’s untimely death. I think Josh Marshall’s definition is better:
When Republican strategists try to politicize the outpouring of grief over the tragic death of a Democratic politician and manage to play numerous reporters for fools in the process.
It worked well for them in Paul’s case. I was in Minnesota when Wellstone was first elected. He was not a cynical person, he was an idealist and his death was infinitely more shocking than the death of Kennedy. So, sorry for the tone of this post but this pisses me off. Jonah Goldberg is a piece of shit for trotting out this turd again. Although I suppose he just stole the idea from a famous talk radio host.
