Broder, Klein et al on bipartisanship uber alles!

Here’s an excellent anonymous comment to Joe Klein on his Time blog. The obsession with bipartisanship among the Washington insiders has reached such a level of absurdity that it’s basically down to the final line of defense: “I’m David Broder [or Klein, or Ignatius, etc.] and you’re not.”

Here's the thing about "civility", Mr. Klein. Real-world civility is a two-way proposition. Mr. Broder, and you, feel free to slam and insult those of us on the center left who call for better journalism and who point out your egregious misrepresentations of reality; you question our motives, our intelligence, and our patriotism. You routinely dismiss our every point and argument with a smug wave of the hand and a label of "partisan!" (sniff.) That isn't civil. I'd like to see you, at least once, demonstrate that you have considered someone else's point a valid one. You don't have to agree, just concede it is valid. You have never done that, even when presented with irrefutable data.

As long as you and Mr. Broder continue to wave your arrogant dismissals while failing to own up to your own misrepresentations and mistakes, I think we will continue to point out the folly of your positions.
You are not asking for civility, you are demanding that we "know our place." It isn't going to happen, and it shouldn't.