Teetering....teetering....teetering...

Why do leftwing pundits who think they're smarter than mainstream pundits still play the semantics game on the Republicans' terms?

Take, for instance, the fact that Iraq has been "on the brink" of civil war, according to both the blogs and the mainstream media, for the last 3 years. When the fuck will it go over the edge, dummies?

Bush says "no chance of civil war." Media says, "possible indications of beginnings of civil war." Bloggers say "teetering on the edge of civil war." Problem: when you say "on the edge of civil war" long enough, and never actually get to "civil war" status, it legitimizes Bush's spin that America is preventing civil war.

Do this right, leftwing loudmouths: just declare that is IS a civil war. Words have meaning. Take the words and use them. Dumb fucks.

America has been "on the edge" of rejecting the rightwing junto for the last decade, too. Why doesn't some enterprising lefty explain that one? Declare victory, like Bush did in 2000, which will allow you to get to the postmortem and effectively silence the entire GOP echo chamber. Why do I even have to say this?