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Debunking Talk Left | 69 comments (69 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Debunking Talk Left (none / 1)

I don't know why I care what Talk Left says.

I wanted to say that I don't why you care either and tell you that you just shouldn't bother reading it. But I do understand, partly.

But let me be clear. I disagree on the "they" part. Armando can still produce true analyses when he wants to. I don't always agree with him and, if Jeralyn didn't exist or at least it wasn't her blog, I'd take the time to tell him when I did or didn't agree with him. But Jeralyn exists and controls the place, so I rarely go there. I've even taken it off of my RSS feed.

Someday, I hope, she'll go back to writing exclusively about legalizing marijuana and letting criminals back out on street at the earliest possible date, so that I'll once again be able ignore her like I always did. But until then, it's not worth the effort of trying to get past her writing to get to something else.

by maryb2004 on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 01:46:10 PM EST

Oh man, you just crack me up (4.00 / 2)

Someday, I hope, she'll go back to writing exclusively about legalizing marijuana and letting criminals back out on street at the earliest possible date, so that I'll once again be able ignore her like I always did.

While, I'm for the legalization of marijuana, that last section is actually how I found out about TalkLeft in the first place. Two of my cousins who are criminal lawyers and knew that I blogged sent me the link with, "Is this lady for real?"

~~~THIS SPACE FOR RENT~~~

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 01:56:19 PM EST
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Re: Oh man, you just crack me up (none / 0)

I don't disagree with some of her criminal law blogging and I found her viewpoint of the Libby trial from a criminal defense point of view to be very interesting.

But she's not a political analyst. And the clearest evidence that she's not a political analyst and shouldn't be taken seriously is the fact that Armando never calls her on any of her analyses. Armando was loyal to kos during his years at dKos but he often called him on his political analyses. Armando never calls Jeralyn on hers. Never.

Yet another reason why I don't respect Jeralyn. She should want that. She should encourage it. It would make her blog better. But she doesn't. Hell, any time Armando writes anything that could even vaguely be thought pro-Obama or (even more rarely) anti-Hillary - she tolerates that he puts "speaking only for me" on it. I'm not going to go so far as to say that she requires it, she probably doesn't. But the fact that she feels that is appropriate? Speaks volumes about her.

On the one hand I don't take her seriously. On the other hand I find her political blogging so awful that I don't want to support her blog by commenting there or giving it a lot of page hits. So I don't.

The idea that BooMan even feels a need to debunk anything she writes? I find laughable.

by maryb2004 on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 02:07:48 PM EST
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Re: Oh man, you just crack me up (none / 0)

I think it's good that liberals and lefties get constant reminders that there are plenty of people on this side of the fence that can't think worth a damn, either. What the quote brings most to mind is trying to parse Creationism or Huckabee's tax plan. Exactly the same quality of thought, seems it me. Which opens up all kinds of cans of political and philosophical worms.

Bush is "the first President to admit to an impeachable offense." --Former Nixon counsel John Dean

by DaveW on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 02:15:44 PM EST
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Hah. Armando seems to have lost that gift (none / 0)

if he ever had it! All he says in response to fact based criticism of his posts is "that's your opinion" and "don't hijack the post". Same for Jeralyn.

by JayGR on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 02:28:22 PM EST
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Jeralyn doesn't allow heated dispute (none / 0)

in the comments. Not the kind of dispute that Armando excels at. And she has a very narrow definition of on-topic.

Being a commenter there, you have to stick to her rules. It's like being in kindergarden. Or prison.

Armando is totally wasted there, especially during an election season. But ... her blog, her rules.

by maryb2004 on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 02:40:12 PM EST
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Re: Jeralyn doesn't allow heated dispute (none / 0)

I've seen that. It's heavily censored. Entire threads of "off topic" conversation have been wiped out. Sometimes she'll leave the comment - usually pro-Clinton - that sparked the digression (in her view) up though.

No one should be afraid of disagreement. Attorney's should be comfortable with hearing and responding to different view points. Part of the job. Guess not on her blog though as you said.

by JayGR on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 04:02:49 PM EST
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