[lbo-talk] Matt Taibbi on shooting the Dem leadership

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Aug 24 06:10:39 PDT 2006


Michael Pollak wrote:
>
> Firing Squad Looms for the Dem Party Oligarchy
>
>
> Finally, the "firing squad in a circle" line has been a DLC favorite
> for years. DLC chief Al From has been pimping it at least since the
> last presidential race. It's time we officially retired this line,
> which is really just a sorry take on the lame old high-school
> guidance-counselor saw: "Now, Jimmy. When you shoot spitballs at Vice
> Principal Anderson, you're really shooting spitballs at yourself." And
> little Jimmy thinks: No, actually, I was shooting spitballs at Vice
> Principal Anderson...

An excellent comment on all those on this list infatuated with the silly phrase.

Carrol



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