Haha, Hillary, humbug!

Thank goodness for the left-liberal rabble. Watching American politics would be so tedious without them. The YearlyKos convention is an event organised by Markos Moulitsas, a blogger who believes “the medium” — as opposed to the message sent from his own little sulking corner for disillusioned Deaniacs and Netroots nuts — must be defended against “right-wing attacks”.

Expressing their solidarity and self-importance, and their scorn for anyone to the right of Stalin, some attendees booed Hillary Clinton, despite her dinkum socialist and activist credentials. Granted, she’d cancelled a meeting with bloggers, but her campaign called it a “misunderstanding” later: turns out she wasn’t going to make that meeting in the first place. Also, she consorts with… lobbyists!

It would have been farcical enough, without the headline over the accompanying photograph at Salon.com: Cheerful boos for Hillary (non-subscribers must watch Flash ad). Earth to Salon.com: when someone gets booed, the mob does not mean to express cheer. Even if The Party’s pet pamphleteers can’t bear the thought that a Democratic presidential hopeful might face hostility from someone other than the vast right-wing conspiracy.

The Angry Left is clearly nothing to sneeze at. Anyone have other clever ideas what that expression might signify?