Punching the hippies quote of the day

By Dave Anderson:

From Jonathan Schwartz:

This is from the recent HBO documentary about Barack Obama's campaign. Watching it now made me angry all over again on behalf on people who believed in him, worked on his campaign and spent a big chunk of their lives getting him elected. You can say they were incredibly naive about American politics, which is true. But stealing from easy marks is still stealing.

"When I go into the White House I will be carrying your voices with me—your voices saying, 'please escalate the war in Afghanistan, cut Social Security to satisfy asshole investment bankers like Pete Peterson, and make sure Goldman Sachs pays out tens of billions in bonuses funded with our money.' What it comes down to is who do you trust."

And the Democrats wonder why they are facing a nasty enthusiasm gap with leading left-wing bloggers either going Meh or actively rubbing their hands at seeing the Blue Dogs and New Dems have their asses kicked into next week.