tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post8702066917340484353..comments2024-01-23T08:29:37.538-05:00Comments on DC Dispatches: Almost Diamonds posts a gem - what the shouting at townhalls is all about.Philip H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-30555507588420363692009-08-18T12:51:31.514-05:002009-08-18T12:51:31.514-05:00I didn't hear what he had to say, but I will s...I didn't hear what he had to say, but I will say this: Rush Limbaugh is a bag of hot wind. He intentionally likes to whip liberals into a frenzy. I also think it is becoming more and more apparent that he is pandering to a shrinking base. Just because someone is conservative does not mean Rush Limbaugh represents them. If we all spent our days apologizing or repudiating wackaloon comments by Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-58174556024705087792009-08-18T12:03:08.393-05:002009-08-18T12:03:08.393-05:00Rush Limbaugh calling the President Nazi-like isn&...Rush Limbaugh calling the President Nazi-like isn't automatic knee jerk labelling. And again, just because Democrats have done it - which I view as extremely wrong - doesn't mean Republicans get a free pass.<br /><br />Still waiting on that Michael Steele press release . . . .Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-35101598770844783102009-08-18T08:16:20.964-05:002009-08-18T08:16:20.964-05:00And if we've forgotten the whole Obama/Joker a...And if we've forgotten the whole Obama/Joker affair, here is an article where Philip Kennicott of the Washington Post psychoanalyzed the poster <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/06/ST2009080600877.html?sid=ST2009080600877" rel="nofollow">A. Bit. Too. Much.</a> I wonder if he'll post a retraction now that we know he was way off base.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-13659850609169370762009-08-18T08:12:34.107-05:002009-08-18T08:12:34.107-05:00One last thing ... here is the danger of automatic...One last thing ... here is the danger of automatically labeling all anti-Obama propaganda as being Conservative and/or Republican in nature. You know that Joker/Obama picture that caused such a cry in the media a month or so ago?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/18/clean-slate-obama-joker-artist-revealed/" rel="nofollow">It was done by a Kucinich supporter</a>. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-10678822394558265992009-08-17T13:51:26.703-05:002009-08-17T13:51:26.703-05:00Thomas, Actually, the MoveOn.org ad which you refe...Thomas, Actually, the MoveOn.org ad which you reference was posted to their website anonymously (supposedly) and as aprt of an ad contest they were running.<br /><br />As to Mr. Armey, I missed the Sunday talk shows yesterday, so thanks for that piece of information. I had not, obviously, seen it. Sadly, he's the first nationally known Republican to say something.Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-60917878736916227282009-08-17T13:01:16.930-05:002009-08-17T13:01:16.930-05:00Yes, and the situations are not really comparable....Yes, and the situations are not really comparable. A <i>mainstream</i> liberal organization compared George Bush. In the present day situation, it is a handful of wackaloons, not a mainstream conservative organization.<br /><br />Nevertheless, watching Meet the Press yesterday morning, I saw Dick Armey categorically reject those comparisons and the "implied threats" in some of the otherTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-23733769315096375352009-08-17T11:40:38.425-05:002009-08-17T11:40:38.425-05:00Thomas,
You asked about condemnations of the Bush ...Thomas,<br />You asked about condemnations of the Bush is a Nazi statements by Move On.org in 2004. <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/06/republicans/print.html" rel="nofollow">Glenn GReenwald has a summary,</a> in which Terry MacCaulife, then Chair of the Democratic Party, is answers Wold Blitzer of CNN that he, MacCaulife, had already publically condemned the MOveOn.org adPhilip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-36454706325193204262009-08-13T14:25:26.408-05:002009-08-13T14:25:26.408-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-21628391888960360872009-08-13T13:01:00.300-05:002009-08-13T13:01:00.300-05:00rystefn,
Yeah, I notice the lack of a real left al...rystefn,<br />Yeah, I notice the lack of a real left all the bloody time. every once in a while on of my well-meaning friends suggests I abandon my work as a bureaucrat and run for office. I remind them that I'm unabashedly liberal, and thus unelectable for much other then dog catcher.Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-7595752187935984782009-08-13T12:05:20.255-05:002009-08-13T12:05:20.255-05:00Don't forget that for quite a long time now, i...Don't forget that for quite a long time now, it's always been the left compromising. The right hasn't, and doesn't look like it's going to. Every time the left reaches a hand across the line, the right retreats further right, howling about socialism, or treason, or Christian morals, or whatever.<br /><br />We don't have an actual left in this country anymore, if you haven&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-27916104924286477592009-08-13T09:25:04.917-05:002009-08-13T09:25:04.917-05:00Thomas,
Respectfully, I think there is adifference...Thomas,<br />Respectfully, I think there is adifference here that neither Stephanie nor I teased out very well.<br /><br />Liberals acted out against what we knew at the time (and know even more) to be an Administration that flaunted the rule of law, desecrated the Constitution, and engaged in the heinous act of torture of foreigners. Conservatives are now actin gout against a plan to reform thePhilip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-45233831946324677412009-08-12T14:03:32.364-05:002009-08-12T14:03:32.364-05:00Ah yes, the "blame game" argument. Steph...Ah yes, the "blame game" argument. Stephanie seems good at making these arguments. If you're a Christian, you're to blame for the bad treatment against atheists by other Christians. If you're a conservative, you're to blame for the bad treatment against liberals by other conservatives. No one however ever seems to follow up on her slippery slopes.<br /><br />Fact of the Thomas Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146918395558249696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-67392739386694151662009-08-12T10:49:51.414-05:002009-08-12T10:49:51.414-05:00Mike,
As always you and I are in agreement that ex...Mike,<br />As always you and I are in agreement that extremism serves no one. Sadly, we seem to be in the minority.Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-16581125830963486832009-08-12T10:25:42.957-05:002009-08-12T10:25:42.957-05:00I'm impressed that at least you admit that lib...I'm impressed that at least you admit that liberals behaved the same way under Bush. Most of them can't do that and are pretending this is all new stuff. <br /><br />To me it seems a silly issue to get worked up over, although the administration isn't helping itself when it does things like asking people to forward them anti-healthcare reform emails. My brother sent one out awhile Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.com