It’s sad that this needs to be brought up, but it must: it would appear that the Netroots – as per their continuing habit of acting as if the American political system was identical to a pre-Giuliani Times Square peep show emporium – has gotten themselves in a bit of a scrape, again.  Specifically, they spent several cheerful hours hooting and hollering over the way that THAT WOMAN suggested that the Tea Party not “party like it was 1773” before they noticed that… well, that the Boston Tea Party was in, well, 1773.

A couple of things: first, this storyboard; which is both cruel and accurate.

Second, while I understand and expect that your average online progressive blogger has about much awareness of American history as, say… Oh, this is awkward.  An online progressive blogger would be the actual yardstick for ‘abysmally ignorant about American history.’  Nonetheless, while I understand that the Online Left is dumb… really, Gwen Ifill.  You’re supposed to be one of the bright talking heads.

Tsk, tsk.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

PS: THAT WOMAN is LAUGHING at you, netrooters.  And you DESERVE it.