On 2013-07-29, at 5:18 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> And if people are circulating petitions and writing blogs, that's a "full court press"? Has there been a single demonstration against Summers' possible nomination? If that's a "full court press," what do you call the reaction to the Zimmerman verdict? Why is it annoying to you when liberals try to mobilize on behalf of a winnable fight?
You misunderstand me. I'm always heartened when liberals join with radicals of all stripes try to mobilize for a winnable fight. I put the the Zimmerman verdict, Zuccotti Square, Wisconsin, Chicago, the demand for progressive policies to deal with the financial, housing, and jobs crisis, with undocumented workers, climate change, labour law reform, US imperialism etc. all in that category. Am I not permitted to indicate, though, that I don't attach nearly the same importance to the Fed appointment as these other issues without being accused of being "annoyed" with liberals?
It's also puzzling to me why my reference to a full court press struck a nerve. It's a turn of phrase which was quite incidental to what I was trying to communicate in my post. If you were my editor, I'd let you cut it without complaint.