One of us liberals biggest character flaws is that we are playa haters. We love to be negative. Heck… one of my favorite sites, Counterpunch, is just about nothing but. The problem is that being against someone else doesn’t translate in voter’s minds into being for you.

Right now I’m in a heated exchange over @ Tim Russo’s Democracy Guy Blog on what I would describe as typical playa hating concerning the Hackett campaign. Current topics that I’m trying to refute: That the Hackett campaign wasn’t local but instead something force-fed upon voters by the blogosphere and that Hackett’s tie to the Iraq war is a negative. My responses are in the thread to each post.

Interesting how you don’t hear Republicans complaining about all the K Street money that the NRCC spent to push Schmidt into office. Also interesting how when Barry Goldwater got his ass kicked by the biggest margins in a Presidential race ever the Conservatives didn’t cry about it, but instead learned from their mistakes and then proceded to take over the country. There’s a reason why the Republicans control much of America: they think and act like winners. We need to do the same.