"A cancer on the Democratic Party"

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Goldfarb on the blogging left:

The Democratic party and the left won a stunning victory in this election, and while they should be savoring it (and most are) a few are busy trying to settle old scores. It's pathetic, but it's also cause for some optimism: these people are a cancer on the Democratic party that even a landslide victory couldn't cure.
Maybe. But if you're gonna take advice, best not to get from  a closeted D&D geek who got sonned by Rick Sanchez. Shall we go to the tape? Lets!

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