Disclosure one: I looked into volunteering with Off the Bus and declined to do so. Disclosure two: I no longer have a horse in this race. That said, the headline is pure red-baiting, what I'd expect (and can find) on the most extreme of the opposing party's websites and even on some who self describe themselves as "sociasl moderates" See: http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/hillary-clinton-is-a-communist/. But the problem is deeper. The article starts off setting the record straight on Obama if we can trust the writer. I haven't looked into his track record. Then it goes on to talk about Clinton's ties to the left and to call she and ABC comentator names. Fabrice, I'm not sure about your facts on Clinton. Maybe you could ... More »

The writer misses the main taking from the ABC staged "debate," the ABC trivializing the event by focusing on nebulous "fast-boating" kitchen sink mud balls spawned by the most hateful and petty of the right wing. Adding another nebulous and uninformative mud ball about Clinton only worsens the disservice to democracy. Many of the most caring and in person observers of human rights abuses in our country have been among the communists and radicals in our midst. Any acute awareness of important issues in our midst that derives from such contacts should be considered an advantage in terms of being "in touch" with the concerns of the people. The current policies of the candidates to address such issues are the only legitimate topic ... More »

Marc Cooper may have THOUGHT he was explaining why people now in the mainstream might in the 60s have been associated with radical leftists of one sort or another, and therefore one should take such accusations with a grain of salt, but after HuffPo slapped that headline on it, it is not worth reading. Arianna hates Hillary, so this is the wrong place to look for any kind of serious discussion. (About pretty much anything, come to think of it: it's a tabloid website!)

Informative article about the alleged smear of Barack Obama's record by ABC's George Stephanopoulos (implying that Obama was associated with the Weather Underground) -- and his unfair omission of the well-documented ties between Hillary Clinton and members of the Communist Party. The author only offers a couple sources to back his point, but they're very credible, and his point is presented in a very reasonable and thoughtful way.