I coined a new phrase today: the Sirota Special. definition:

A Sirota special is a rhetorical device where you take an innocuous quote and then spin it into an attack which you then pummel the person for saying.

Sirota employed this a lot in attacking Paul Hackett in the Senate primary. You can see an example of it over at Sirota’s blog attack against Senator Obama’s simple statement that Democrats need to do a better job of reaching out to Evangelical Christians. Sirota is part of a blogosphere doubleteam with MyDD (1 2) against Senator Obama. Not sure who declared Barack Obama public enemy number one in Blogostan. Maybe I missed the memo.

Not sure what the goal is with all this friendly fire against someone that isn’t even close to reelection and has been the major voice in championing their pal Sherrod Brown. Somebody needs to point them in the direction of the goal posts.

If you’d like an example of a productive Sirota post, check out his Kos diary on America’s Pension Crisis.