Introducing DK to Eriposte's series on the 2008 race.
Mon Nov 26, 2007 at 10:07:28 AM PDT
Hello, all.
I want to tell you about someone who is writing a very insightful series of articles on the 2008 primary race over at http://theleftcoaster.com
Agree with him or not, I think he sets a high standard for fact-based commentary.
I don't know his name, but he goes by Eriposte at TLC. For those of you not familiar with his work, he is one of a handful of people---including Marcy Wheeler, Laura Rozen and Josh Marshall---who have untangled the story of the Niger forgeries as far as humanly possible.
You can find a synopsis of this work at
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/...
A few weeks ago, I asked in comments at TLC if he minded if his work were diaried at DK. He said go ahead.
I'm engaging this topic in part reluctantly, because this is not my own work, but my recommendation for Eriposte is very enthusiastic.
If you are intrigued by the links I present here, you can find other, similar articles at
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/... . Just look for those with Eri's tag.
By the way, Eriposte professes no candidate preference, and has said he will vote for the Democratic nominee, whoever it is. I mention this because some commenters think he's a Clinton supporter. One of his themes is that there is much less difference between the top three candidates, both in style and substance, than many people believe; this is not an endorsement of Clinton though.
Here, for example, is a post where he praises Edwards:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/...
Keep that one in mind when you read his sharp criticism of Edwards for dishonesty at
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/... ,
which is about a particular remark of Edwards after Hillary was caught with plants. Speaking of plants, did Obama's campaign use a planted question at a recent campaign event? I would be SO shocked if that were true, but check out:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/...
His current series, "A Short History of Recent U.S. Presidential Politics : Bringing Honesty and Integrity Back to the White House"
is ongoing, and the theme is that Edwards and Obama's attacks on Hillary mirror Bradley's attacks on Gore in 2000.
Here is the first one.
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/...
I haven't excerpted anything---I want you to click and read a couple of these. In my opinion, if the top posters for all three candidates read these articles, communication on DK would improve greatly.