The netroots pride themselves on being just plain folks — you know, “people power” and all that. They are “crashing the gates” of the political establishment to change the way Washington works.
So could someone please explain why in the world Firedoglake, one of the top liberal blogs, has hired a press secretary? That’s about as establishment as you can get.
I hate to break it to Jane Hamsher, who certainly didn’t explain the logic of the move well, but real people don’t have press secretaries. And blogs shouldn’t need them.
Seems a bit, um, self-infatuated to me, even by the rather relaxed standards of the blogosphere.