September 17th, 2008
Daily Kos, the WSJ, and the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act
It’s always amusing to me to watch fights go on in the blogosphere. In everyday life, people almost always conduct themselves prudently and with respect. That’s not always true, but more often than not, people follow the adage “If you’re going to say something bad, better not to say anything at all.” Online though, people lose all sense of decorum.
So it is with a current tiff between James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal & Andre Neil, who is a dairist at Daily Kos. Andre Neil recently touched a nerve when he claimed the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act was passed on a party-line vote in the Senate way back in 1999. To his credit, he mentioned that President Clinton was in favor of the bill. However, he neglected to mention that Democrats did vote for the conference report, which is what Taranto brought up.
