Infighting, in this case, would be in the polisphere (political blogosphere).  Particularly the Texas polisphere.  Infighting, in this case, would be bloggers having at each other.  Well, sort of…

It all started when Karl-Thomas Musselman (of Burnt Orange Report) was personally “attacked” (I place the word in quotes, as we each have our own definition for it.  It’s up to you to decide whether it was an attack, or not).  K-T was, evidently, attacked in comments and in a specific blog post.  K-T then responded, directly, at BOR.  Here we go:

The initial post was at Greg’s Opinion:

One bit of mockery deserves to be aimed directly at BurntOrangeReport’s Karl Musselman. I’m curious if he’ll now finally release those infamous “numbers he’s seen” in the Bell/Gammage race that portend a Gammage victory. For someone who once referred to himself as a “Reform Democrat” only to endorse Martin Frost for DNC and, for Guv, the guy who helped turn the Texas bench over to George Bush … it’s rather hard to figure out what Karl stands for these days other than … well … Karl.

This was, evidently, the final straw in what has been purported to be a string of attacks (not necessarily all by Greg) in comments and blog entries.  Karl-Thomas decided to write his own post about it:

In politics it is far easier to pick the easy fights, the conventional wisdom, and attitudes that have determined elections in the past rather than to challenge any of these things and risk losing face, credibility, or suffer defeat.

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For the record G-man, it’s Karl-Thomas with a hyphen, and I supported Howard Dean for DNC chair as early as November of 2004.  Try a search next time, don’t get confused, and save your bitter mockery for Rick Perry.

For the record, the ellipsis in the middle of the above quote contain a very long, and pretty well written post, that I highly recommend you read, if you care about this entry, at all.

To my amusazement (a combination of amusement and amazement), The People’s Republic of Seabrook jumped into the foray, supporting Karl-Thomas:

It might be fashionable to denigrate that who give of themselves in ultimately “futile” campaigns, but that’s the beauty of a demoncracy. And every now and then, the seemingly unthinkable does happen- take Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Venture[sic], f’rinstance.

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Backing an unsuccessful candidate doesn’t make one a loser. It merely means that one was exercising his or her right to support the candidate that best reflects their values and aspirations. Such is the nature of democracy. Let’s not lose sight of that, shall we??

The amusement came when I realized that Jack has a way with words, and posts these interesting little “make you thinks” that often leave me giggling.  Case in point, with the same entry (from an earlier paragraph):

Sure, it’s nice to come out on top, but sometimes fighting the good fight means not immediately realizing the victory you chase. If all we did was fight the easy fights, we’d end up with a lazy, ignorant former Texas Governor in the White House. Uh, wait….

In all honesty, I’m waiting to see who will weigh in, next.  Politics is an interest of mine, but the sociology and “politics” of political circles is, as well.  Stay tuned… I’ll post more of this turn of blogvents (errr, blog events), if anything else happens.

(Note:  I have absolutely no problem with Greg, or his opinions.  He’s entitled to them.  Personally, I feel that opinions should be express in the nicest way possible - unless you are specifically goading someone.  In all honesty, I don’t know the full story behind this, so I refuse to pass any judgement on any individual, involved.)

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