It looks like Bowers is making a very good point about apparently different zones of the liberal/progressive blogosphere being more alike than different. He isn’t “bitching”; he’s suggesting that there should be more overt cooperation.

If you’re referring to the comments section of that post, and the lack of simplistic unity there is what offended you, then I suggest you wander over to Little Green Footballs and see what simplistic unity looks like.

Again, how has the right wing done this? Organization. They learned how to integrate different media and build bridges between different classes of media users. That’s how they’ve consistently been able to sell shit as shinola from Reagan through Chimpie (though they obviously laid the foundation during Nixon’s term).

So go ahead, poke fun at Chris Bowers. When Rethugs capture another White House, or regain Congress, or manage some other virtual coup by appealing directly to a knuckle-dragging third of the voting population, you can poke fun at him again. Don’t think the recent congressional ‘victory’ will mean squat in the long term unless the war of ideas– and idea distribution– can be won in the trenches. You should know this more than anyone, OW.

Riveting.

And isn’t commenting on this commenting on navel-gazing an even worse set of navel-gazing?

And isn’t commenting on this commenting on this commenting on this navel-gazing an even worse…..

We need both.