They Shoot Wolves - Don't They?

Max Blumenthal's reporting, of late on Sarah Palin, has been invaluable.  As a pundit, he's awful.  He aspires to membership in that route of wolves we Democrats turn into whenever we win an election.

Today he led the pack in eating our own young - heavily criticizing Obama's selection of Rahm Emanuel. According to Blumenthal, the pick invalidates Barack's claim of post-partisanship. Yes, the problem with Emanuel is that he will fight too hard for Obama and that Republicans don't like him. David Corn  joins in circling the prey, faulting Emanuel for being a  "highly effective partisan,"and  "a guy who gets things done."  Another problem with Emanuel is that he is too much of a centrist. (except when he is being too much of a partisan)  Obama clearly should have picked a purer ideologue - someone along the lines, of say, Ralph Nader, perhaps?

This is not the time for an uncle Ralph. It is the time when we must support and trust President-elect Obama,  or at least give him the benefit of the doubt for 48 hours. It's not like he doesn't have enough challenges in front of him.

Maybe hunting out of helicopters is not such a bad idea?

P.S. Blumenthal likes the idea of Jon Corzine taking charge at Treasury - - every year the governor comes to the dinner held by the Nation Foundation (Blumenthal's employer.) Actually, you can shoot me instead.

h/t memeorandum

Comments

[Foster]

I am very excited about this selection. Time says Rahm Emanuel is "he most hard-headed, no-nonsense, foul-mouthed, smart-as-hell, get-it-done-or-get-out-of-my-way Washington insider of his generation." With the problems that America and Barack are up against. We need this in the White House

[bbbustard]

I always knew Foster was a genius!!