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| An Interesting Indictment of Both Sides; of the Political Spectrum | |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 13 2006, 06:07 AM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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http://www.time.com/time/columnist/klein/a...00.html?cnn=yes |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Nina | Aug 13 2006, 06:17 AM Post #2 |
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Senior Carp
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But we've suffered all the boldness we can handle these past six years. In the end, the real alternative to Bush's Republican extremism isn't Democratic extremism. It is bipartisan moderation—which has the additional advantage of being the highest form of patriotism and the only route to victory in a time of war. He's right. I'd also suggest stronger diplomacy with the countries in the Middle East--even the ones we don't like. They could start, for example, by talking to them. |
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| George K | Aug 13 2006, 06:21 AM Post #3 |
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Fair and balanced? An indictment of both sides?vs.
What's worse, a wingnut or a blognut? Who's more "indictable," the bilge spewing Vice President, or the director of a PAC who mourns the loss of Clinton. vs.
So, it's the White House 'bilge' that is capable of stomping out the poor DemBloggers. vs. well...nothing. vs. well...nothing again. Seems to me that this piece by Klein is another indictment of the war in Iraq with little to say about the winguttery of the left, save that they are still wallowing in the shadow of that man who cant help them anymore - Bill Clinton, and how "Monica Lewinsky's thong show prevented further successes." |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 13 2006, 06:26 AM Post #4 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Maybe you only read every other sentence, George. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| John Jacob Jingoism Smith | Aug 13 2006, 06:26 AM Post #5 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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I hate this divisiveness/polarization game the DemoPublicans and all their belligerent pundits and follower-parrots have been playing with this country. It's wrong, it's evil, and if it keeps up it could send us straight to hell. |
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Jingoism You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott | |
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| George K | Aug 13 2006, 07:14 AM Post #6 |
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Where, in that editorial does Klein |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Rick Zimmer | Aug 13 2006, 07:29 AM Post #7 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Excellent article Quirt. It really would be nice to get back to a time when people could disagree without being rhetorically shoved into a box, labled and denounced. Not sure it is possible, but I do think most Americans are basically fiscal conservatives and social moderates. Find a candidate like this and that candidate will win in the extremist charged political atmosphere. |
| [size=4]Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul -- Benedict XVI[/size] | |
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 13 2006, 07:34 AM Post #8 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I agree with the principle, if not the way the author expresses it. Political leadership ala Congess, is all about compromise, or should be. The vitriol at every level of government.. indeed even in our citizenry (ask a schoolteacher with a disgruntled parent how willing to compromise THEY are) needs to be eliminated in favor of a new civility. Perhaps this is the cycle man goes through over and over, and the real result of war. Our parents' generation, the WWII & Korea generation, had been badly bloodied and seen awful things. They were loath to fight with each other, or even to speak harshly to one another. They were civil, by and large. Having seen war, they wanted no part in unnecessary rancor. Perhaps that holds true in Europe as well, I don't know. I can't speak for the world, but certainly Islamofscism is not inclined to compromise. Current generations now are without much memory of horrors and loathing for ugly conflict. We seem to see it on every level as the 'way to get things done'. It occurs in traffic, it occurs at McDonalds. It occurs in local government and on the national level. No compromise, my way or the highway. Perhaps only a massive 'culling of the herd' will turn that around for a generation or two. It is certainly looking that way. A sad thought for Sunday morning. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Rick Zimmer | Aug 13 2006, 07:41 AM Post #9 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Which is one of the reasons such diverse presidents as Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinon are considered successful -- both pragmatic men who understood the need to hold to their principles, but compromise to achieve them. |
| [size=4]Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul -- Benedict XVI[/size] | |
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