Linda Hirshman, whose conservative claim to fame can be her appearance in Bernie Goldberg’s 100 People Who are Screwing Up America, has been brushed off a progressive website for being the lone voice of dissension against the masses of the messiah Obama.

You should check out the post at Taylor Marsh but cutting to the chase, here is the e-mail exchange between Ms. Hirshman and one of the deciders at the website in question.

Linda to Andrew: “So why did I not make the cut? Is writing for the times and the Post not good enough for TPM?”

Andrew: “It’s not a matter of prestigious clippings, Linda. We’re trying to both keep long-standing contributers [sic] around and flesh out the discussion by involving people who are covering things we’re not yet addressing.”

Linda: “And do you have a lot of contributors covering the female voters, who are likely to determine the outcome of the election of the President of the United States? I am assuming it’s not that you don’t want anyone who’s not already in the tank for Obama. I am serious, here, Andrew. I think this is a real mistake; I have a point of view you don’t have much of, I am getting increasingly prestigious opportunities to write and opine, and this is the moment you should capitalize on your relationship with me, not drop me.”

Andrew: “I’m not sure the accusation of bias is particularly helpful. For now, like I said, we’re focusing on getting our long-standing regulars and folks covering things we don’t on the blog. I recognize that you think female voters should be one of those things, we disagree.”

It’s a pretty interesting example of the upheaval going on in the Democrat party. Even though I disagree with Ms. Hirshman on almost everything, it seems pretty clear to me that she’s getting treated unjustly here. Just tuck it away.

P.S.: For fun, count how many times Republicans and Conservatives are bashed in the comment section of the post.

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