What Digby Said
OK, first let’s get one thing straight:  Of course I know that “What Digby Said” is an Atrios catch phrase. But… 1) as far as I know he hasn’t trademarked it yet, and 2) it is a fact universally acknowledged that “What Digby Said” is the most succinct phrase to use when calling attention to the wise words springing forth from the inimitable mind of the most excellent Digby, and 3) Atrios certainly isn’t hurting for traffic or linkage and does very well without mine, thank you very much.  So …  when some obscure z-list blogger (c’est moi) decides to use the phrase, don’t come around hollering and scolding because I didn’t tug the forelock and do obeisance to Mr. Duncan Black first, okay?   Okay then.  ÂÂ
Besides, I wanted to make a graphic out of it.
Actually I could trumpet What Digby Said!  about each and every item she posts, everywhere, each and every day of the year, but this one has a new insight that’s particularly deserving of attention:
How Conservatives Manipulate People Into Voting Against Their Best Interests
By Digby, Common Sense. Posted December 7, 2007.
Pseudopopulist conservatives have destroyed reason.
American right-wing populism is an interesting phenomenon that’s coming to the fore once again in its usual nativist and racist form, but also as smooth misrepresentation of “tax reform”; clever, misleading public relations messaging about fair trade; and some fairly outlandish paranoia about conspiracies to erase the borders. Various permutations of these fairly common right-wing themes abound among conservative politicians and thinkers alike. But conservative populism is an oxymoron.
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Posted: December 11th, 2007 under Digby, Republicans, Right wing.
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