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Hugh Hewitt notes the silence of the left wing lambs blogs on the Iraqi elections. As I've said, it will be hard for those who've spoken against us every step of the way to celebrate victory, and in the clear-cut case of democracy in Iraq they can't actually oppose it out loud. The result? Roaring silence.
At the height of the tsunami crisis I actually began working on a post to point out how the disaster had united blogs on the left and right, but I had to abandon it because although I assumed the lefty bloggers would be encouraging donations to relief efforts as avidly as the center-right blogs were they actually had nothing to say on the topic. While most center-right blogs were noting the big bucks that Amazon was raising for relief, (and encouraging more) Atrios was busy announcing he was switching from Amazon to Barnes and Noble because BuyBlue.com said that B&N gave more to Democratic candidates.
Of course, he was also knocking Bush for giving so little to the cause. (This when the immediate US response was only 35 million.)
Since it's Fun with Atrios day, go read this Instapundit post, which leads to Atrios declaring Glenn the "Wanker of the Day" and linking to this "rebuttal" from a blog called MaxSpeak, You Listen. (And once again, you must read the comments to Atrios post to get the full Eschaton experience.)
Note that the original Instapundit post included links and comments to those who disagreed with his point - as he usually does when such are available. Glenn's initial post read to me like a lament about what the left could be, or once was, not an attack, and I think he was expressing regret at what it's become. There are many of us in the blogosphere who know exactly what he means - those who once considered themselves Democrats and/or somewhat left of center - see Roger L Simon for an obvious example - and note my use of "us". Max's response offers nothing in the way of refuting Reynold's original comments, and Atrios' endorsement of it speaks for itself. All this, of course, simply reinforces the professor's point.
Speaking of Roger and left wing vitriol, see this.
Disclaimer: Glenn Reynolds linked the front page of Mudville today, after I wrote this piece but before I posted it. I mention this to point out that this post is not a response to that link, and the link from Instapundit should certainly not be seen as an endorsement of this post.
