When Juan Cole dared to express doubt about Barack Obama's Pakistan policy, Taylor Marsh declared Cole a reactionary boob. She marched up and down the cyber-streets of the Village, chanting "Number 6 is un-mutual." In his response, Cole notes that Marsh never made any serious attempt to engage Cole's arguments about Pakistan. That would have been too much like work. Instead, she simply took umbrage at Cole for daring to criticize He Who Must Never Be Criticized.
Out with the old Fearless Leader; hail to the new Fearless leader. Same shit; different deity.
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Oh Gawd! Is she still around?
Poor thing bless her heart, she still doesn't realize she went to the party too late and the Obamadroids never did accept her.
Fredster,She went late and uninvited.
HAHAHA. I saw this on Cole's site and my immediate thought was stunned amazement that Marsh could ever have thought herself as a worthy debate opponent to Cole -- they're not only not in the same league, she's not even remotely standing in the shadow of his planet. I don't always 100% agree with Cole but I do recognize that he's sixty-eight bazillion times smarter than she is (and I'd never dare take him on in a debate that's fer damn sure).
Fredster said: "Poor thing bless her heart, she still doesn't realize she went to the party too late"
Sums it up. At the height of her anti-Obamaism she was getting hundreds of comments at her postings. The last time I peeked (right before the GE) it had dwindled down to a handful of plainly miserable, clearly unhinged Obamatrons screaming at each other. Haven't been back since.
Wasn't Taylor Marsh one of the "reality-based community" people? Seems like some people's commitment to reality is purely situational...
Yeah, but "Taylor Marsh," aka Michelle Marshall, is moving to Washington and will be near the seat of power.
What a delusional broad.
OT but immensely important
OT but immensely important:
Obama wants military to pledge allegiance to him not Constitution.
http://drorly.blogspot.com/2009/01/usurper-obama-wants-military-to-pledge.html
I have to say that during the primaries, Taylor's site was one of the few places Clinton supporters could go to safely. And Taylor did a great job of hosting a safe place. It was sad to see her jump to Obama (obviously she was never accepted by the Oborg as a true believer) but she vowed to support whoever won the nomination. Too bad she was so quiet about the sleazy manner in which the Democratic Party went about giving away the nomination. I very rarely go to her site anymore. When I have there's never more than 100 comments to any story. I remember when she had 1000+ comment threads. I assume she took on Cole for profile (thus fund-raising) purposes. It's just sad all the way around.
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that watched Marsh try to justify her support of someone she previously thought unable to govern. Her flip was so fast I wasn't sure I was reading the same author. I never bothered to check back in and am surprised anybody else does.
Funny, when Hillary "lost" the nomination, TM said something to the effect that while she would now devote her site to criticizing McCain, she wouldn't start praising Obama, as that would be intellectually inconsistent.
Guess THAT didn't last.
Sergei Rostov
Taylor was always a paid shill. I'm pretty certain that she truly supported Hillary but who knows what her intentions or beliefs were at the time. It's obvious that she isn't courageous or resourceful enough to break free from the corporate media who keeps her in chains at the bottom of the slave boat where she continues to blog for a few hundred people each day to earn a living.
I think Taylor saw a market with Hillary supporters when everyone else on the Left blogosphere threw us out. She took money from Hillary supporters and for a while it made her semi-famous on the blogosphere and on cable tv. She took a chance that Hillary might win the election. But our support wasn't enough for her to turn her back on the Left blogosphere. The thing is, she's no Juan Cole and she never will be. She doesn't have a back up plan or a PhD to teach at a world class institution. The only thing Taylor Marsh can do is be a talking head, post the latest talking points she gets from MSNBC and CNN on her website, and remain on good terms with Huffington Post so she can continue to post there.
This is the life of paid shills who ultimately only care about themselves and how they can get a gig on cable television more than reporting the truth and acting like a real journalist. Professors like Juan Cole and Heidi Li Feldman have the credentials, credibility, and freedom to write on what they truly believe whether we agree with them or not. I have pity for anyone who spends their life having to go against their beliefs because their career depends on covering for an empty suit president. Taylor has my pity but she's lost me as a reader.
Taylor should THANK Cole. He noticed her enough for her receive some PR...look for more attacks on bigger fish than herself in hopes of notice.
Taylor is a hack, and I don't look down on her for that. Even hacks have bills. But she stumbled on to this real thing: supporting Hillary when most weren't, had many terrific posters and I thought she would see that and keep it. Hillary suport got her noticed. Hillary support was her ticket to give a damn land and she threw it away with both hands for Obot lies.
The funny thing is we can see someone lie to many people and still think they won't to us....She's sad
Comment above by plainjane
"OT but immensely important"
amounts to nonsense.
It is not true.
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/01/oaths-changing.html
Nice!
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