I guess I need to post about my Blogging peers who can afford to attend a convention in....Las Vegas? Assholes!

Conference participants appeared anxious to dispel their image as doctrinaire liberals, though the most animated panels involved liberal attacks on Bush and the Republicans over the Iraq war, criticism of the administration's role in the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame, and charges that the mainstream media have failed to stand up to the president.

But Moulitsas ( The Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas Zúniga) said the movement has been miscast as a collection of young, far-left activists by Washington-based Democratic consultants, Republicans and elected officials.

"I think Democratic politicians -- I don't know whether slowly or quickly -- are realizing that we aren't these far-leftist, naïve and young political extremists, that we're actually a fairly representative cross-section of the Democratic Party and we don't have an agenda other than seeking strong Democratic voices."

I have to agree with what Markos says. We are, if nothing else, an eclectic mix of fed up voters who are trying to make sure that we are not being made pointless by Republican corruption. At the very least we need to make sure that our elections are transparent and corruption free.

By the way I really do not harbor any ill feeling toward those who were able to attend the convention. Maybe someday soon I will be able to organize my life to make an appearance. I can see the conversations now:

"Oh, The Immoral Minority! (reading my nametag) I stole some of your work once! It did not really garner too many hits for me."

"Oh, aren't you from Alaska? Don't you guys live in igloos or something?"

"Are you a blogger? I have never heard of you."

"Why are you immoral? are you a criminal?"

"I have a room in this hotel. Maybe we could go upstairs and you could show me what makes you so immoral." (This would be the end of my evening)

Oh well, maybe someday.