This is a repost of my DailyKos diary :-)
I have to confess to two things right off the bat, before I get to the substance of the diary.
The first is that I did not read Arianna's "Moving to the middle is for losers". The reason is that the title said it all and I did not agree with the premise of the title to begin with (if the premise is wrong, the conclusions have no material relevance). I was annoyed by the utter mindlessness with which the left seemed to fall for this stupid McCampaign meme that the corporate media was priming the pump with.
The second is much more fun to confess: I have long been a fan of Rudyard Kipling in general and his If in great particular -- I love that poem: I love its style, its substance and its sheer quiet counsel (I fancy that I live by its premise :-)
So read both (just click on the links above) and follow me over the fold to see what Al Giardano has to say about all this, oh so beautifully...
· IA-03: Another Republican planning run against Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· Top Pentagon official for detainee affairs resigns (desmoinesdem)
· "Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be" (desmoinesdem)
· Eliot Spitzer on "Geithner's Disgrace" (desmoinesdem)
· IA-Gov: GOP rival pins health care reform on Branstad (desmoinesdem)
· Which House Democrat should get Blue America's first endorsement? (desmoinesdem)
· It's Time To Close The Terror Gap (Cliff Schecter)
· "The Conspiracy to Kill the New Deal" (desmoinesdem)
· Blanche Lincoln's website supports public option (desmoinesdem)
· Big Coal's PR Spending Spree (desmoinesdem)
· IA-03: Former college wrestling coach to challenge Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· Tea Baggers Target Gore... (Cliff Schecter)
