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I’m inclined to agree with Paperwight:

I shouldn’t be disappointed by this any more. I should be used to Democratic leaders rolling over to show their bellies like submissive dogs the second they (or any other Democrat who says something real) get any criticism. Democratic leaders rush to grovel in apology for Dean every time he says something the base likes, and now Durbin is doing the belly-crawl for having the temerity to say that it is wrong to torture, and torturing puts you in some very unpleasant company. (Just a quick hint: if you don’t want to be compared to bad people throughout history, don’t establish a policy of doing the types of bad things they did.)

For some reason, the Democratic leadership (with very few exceptions like Dean and Conyers) haven’t figured out that the entire political process in the US now runs on dog-pack psychology: show weakness and you’ll lose. Back down, and you lose. Apologize and you lose. Fail to attack and you lose.

The Republicans and their apparatchiks perfected this environment and the corporate media go right along with it. Worse, so does much of the Democratic leadership. I try not to think of the corporate media as careerist scavengers on the Republican attacks, but it becomes harder and harder the more I see what they focus on and what they don’t. And I just wince every time the Democratic leadership does the submissive-dog behavior when criticized.

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