good call

Every once in a while that sorrowful remnant of a political party known as the Democrats does something that warms the heart of everyone who knows that two plus two doesn't make five.

Buried near the bottom of one of Media Matters' endless waterfall of articles critical of Fox News (this one uses an anonymous "staffer" and an anonymous "contributor" as sources), we find this little nugget:

Asked about the potential candidates who frequently appear on Fox, the staffer responded: "Our bookers are begging Democrats to come on, we bend over backwards to get them and they won't go on. It is ridiculous and unfortunate. I don't think it is a valid reason not to go on, but they feel that way and it hurts our credibility if we can never get Democrats to go on."

From this we can draw two elementary observations:

1) The network, an unapologetic propaganda mill despite its slogans, can't hurt credibility it doesn't have;

2) The Democrats appear to be acting spontaneously as individuals rather than on orders from above. It's nice to see they're finally wising up, and no longer allowing themselves to be abused and kicked around in the fascist manner.

Is there hope? Don't count on it. I still don't see Democrats doing what they need to be doing to prove they're serious about opposing the military-industrial-surveillance-pharmaceutical-financial plutocratic oligarchy, for example seizing empty foreclosed houses from the banks and inviting the homeless to occupy them, and getting arrested for doing so. But refusing to be kicked shows they still have blood, if not hearts.

I'm indebted to Kos for this information.