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One of my pet peeves about the liberal blogging community, which is no different from the conservative or any other blogging community, is the whole circle-the-wagons, follow-the-herd mentality that often comes into play, the latest example being the outrage (OUTRAGE!) being directed at David Broder for having the temerity to take an unfair swipe and soon-to-be-sworn-in Minnesota Senator Al Franken. 

Now I’m no fan of Broder, and I like Franken, but these are Broder’s offending words in his latest column that has Krugman outraged, which means that other liberal bloggers follow suit shortly thereafter.

[Al] Franken, the loud-mouthed former comedian, will be the 60th member of the Senate Democratic caucus — just enough for them to cut off any filibuster threat if they can muster all their members.

That’s right, Broder has the temerity to suggest that Franken was a former loudmouth comedian, which of course he was.  And he was quite good at it, too.