I'd ignore all the snarky asides like "huffing and puffing." (although, remember -- huffing and puffing worked! Also, Mike posted this outburst on the HUFFINGton Post -- Freudian slip?) That's the sort of thing people say when you've caught them with their hand in the cookie jar.
The troublesome thing is the sneer that accompanies "young." (For the record, I'm 50 myself.) Aren't career Dems supposed to be courting the young? McCurry seems to want to do more than stuff the Web genie back into the bottle. He wants to turn the clock back to a time when the young were not seen, not heard, certainly not heeded -- all they were supposed to do was do gopher work and knock on doors for campaigns, run by the grownups.
Is that any way for a Democrat to talk?
An acquaintance of mine once used to say he was "stuffed" when he was in real trouble. I think nobody believes the internet can be teased away from american society but the upshot of whats going on when men such as this write about why the net roots is not yet ready for prime time, is that they are showing that a massive section of the American population are beginning to move in unison.
The net roots are a huge force to be reckoned with. And those who ignore it will do so at their peril.
that is to say - by his very nature he's giving away the fact that the bloc right now owns nearly 40 percent of the vote, more than any special interest group in the united states. more powerful than any previous union ever.
the secret is to read between the lines.
Great point. Wow, we're 38 percent?! Just a few years ago we were nothing!
The generation whose mantra was once "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30" has now come to distrust everyone under 30. Just like their parents. Imagine that. No one cedes power gracefully.
