Quote of the Day

Former repug tool Joel Klein, on why David Brooks' latest plea for surrender moderation by President Obama is unadulerated bullshit:

"We are at the end of a 30-year period of radical conservatism, a period so right-wing that many of those now considered 'liberals' -- like, say, Barack Obama -- would be seen as moderate pantywaists in the great sweep of modern political history. The past 30 years have been such a violent departure from the norm, such a profound destruction of the basic functions of government, that a major rectification is called for now -- in rebalancing the system of taxation toward progressivity, in rebuilding the infrastructure of the country, not just physically, but also socially and intellectually. So it's not surprising that the President would feel the need to move on all fronts, rather than prioritizing, as Brooks would want.... In almost every case, Obama has chosen a moderate path of government activism."