You completely misunderstood his point, did you even read the article?
His point is that the popular consensus that Washington is gridlocked by partisan warfare is a myth. In reality, the Democrats and Republicans aren't at war with each other, they agree on quite a lot. The real fight is between establishment politicians and insurgent, more principled members of each party.
He uses Bachmann and King as examples of supposedly "extreme" partisans who, according to popular legend, hate Obama on some deep, emotional level and would never support him no matter what he did. Yet yesterday we saw the two of them speak out in favor of the administration and its unchecked power.
At the same time, we saw Pelsoi and company, who are painted in the popular press as hardcore liberals (and perhaps even attempts to cultivate such a perception) siding with not only Bachmann and King, but also with the general outlook on the world held by Cheney and his gang.
All of this goes to support Greenwald's thesis (given at the beginning and the end, so I'm not sure how you missed it) that the real warfare in Washington is between establishment authoritarians, and those who have become weary (and wary) of the unchecked national security state, not between Republicans and Democrats as is frequently portrayed in the media.
This is actually a thesis that Greenwald has been hammering on for many years, in case you haven't read much of his stuff until recently.
>All of this goes to support Greenwald's thesis (given at the beginning and the end, so I'm not sure how you missed it) that the real warfare in Washington is between establishment authoritarians, and those who have become weary (and wary) of the unchecked national security state, not between Republicans and Democrats as is frequently portrayed in the media.
"The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians. "
-George Orwell
His point is that the popular consensus that Washington is gridlocked by partisan warfare is a myth. In reality, the Democrats and Republicans aren't at war with each other, they agree on quite a lot. The real fight is between establishment politicians and insurgent, more principled members of each party.
He uses Bachmann and King as examples of supposedly "extreme" partisans who, according to popular legend, hate Obama on some deep, emotional level and would never support him no matter what he did. Yet yesterday we saw the two of them speak out in favor of the administration and its unchecked power.
At the same time, we saw Pelsoi and company, who are painted in the popular press as hardcore liberals (and perhaps even attempts to cultivate such a perception) siding with not only Bachmann and King, but also with the general outlook on the world held by Cheney and his gang.
All of this goes to support Greenwald's thesis (given at the beginning and the end, so I'm not sure how you missed it) that the real warfare in Washington is between establishment authoritarians, and those who have become weary (and wary) of the unchecked national security state, not between Republicans and Democrats as is frequently portrayed in the media.
This is actually a thesis that Greenwald has been hammering on for many years, in case you haven't read much of his stuff until recently.