(UPDATE: I have another new post today at C&L regarding all of the pious civility sermons from Republicans to which we have been subjected over the last 24 hours ever since "Mrs. Alito" had her emotional breakdown.)
I have a new post up at C&L regarding the creepily reverent "questions" which George Bush was asked yesterday after his speech in Louisville, Kentucky. The President has been criticized for appearing only at events where he cannot be questioned, and the White House's response has been to manufacture "Q-and-A sessions" after Bush's speeches where one citizen after the next stands up and heaps worshipful praise on the "Commander-in-Chief." The "questions" are all along the lines of "Thank you for protecting us all. What can we do to help you?"
The one question Bush was asked yesterday about the NSA scandal basically demanded to know why the reporters who disclosed the illegal eavesdropping haven't been imprisoned yet. Bush laughed off the question with a coy joke. He is a powerful leader but also a magnanimous and kind leader.
I saw some clips of those questions. It looked like a rally in North Korea. The people had genuine worship in their eyes and their voice. It was appalling.
ReplyDeleteAnd how about those huge posters they always have with the Rallying Cry - and the way he is usually flanked by people in military or law enforcement uniforms.
ReplyDeleteAll of implanting the same images over and over again.
The ability to set a stage that the Rep's have is truly awesome. I may soon arrive at the position that the Dem's are wasting precious time trying to win by outsetting a stage. MSM is now decorating the Rep stage for them. To seriously address this the Dems have to get not just their message published but the facts demonstrating that Bush does not keep his promises (except when they're Cheney's to his energy. task force). We have to stop letting America judge him on promises and refocus on the actions. Turn the sound off and look at all the dead bodies laying around him.
ReplyDeleteI vividly remember watching a piece on 60 Minutes years ago just as the Soviet Union was falling apart.
ReplyDeleteA Red Army officer was escorting the CBS reporters through Red Square and they came across a group of old people with Stalin banners protesting to preserve the union. The officer himself pointed out to the reporters that more likely than not these people had lost relatives to Stalin's purges. He then talked to one of the protesters who said his entire family had been taken away in the 30's and had never been heard from again. When he was asked why he wanted to return to those days the old man said something like "Stalin was a strong and decisive leader".
The officer just shook his head.
Jon Stewart had a clip of this thing, a kid in dad's arms asking in a piping voice what he could do to help in the war on terror. I loathe these people.
ReplyDeleteforgive the OT-ness of this but i have been unable to access Crooks and Liars for about a month now / i get a Server Stopped Responding message / thanks for any help / meanwhile this is an excellent blog
ReplyDeleteOne of Jonah G's comments today at The Corner:
ReplyDeleteI absolutely believe the police should have a warrant before they search people under such circumstances. How anyone could think I don't believe that is sort of beyond me.
Hmmm. Maybe because his column stated:
...as a plain moral common sense issue, if you are a drug dealer and keep drugs on the premises with your child, you get zero-point-zero sympathy from me if your kids are searched, warrant or no.
Could that be it???
Why doesn't JG just make a cameo appearance here and confess that he didn't mean it the way it sounded, if, indeed, he didn't?
And maybe while he's here, he might read some of your prior posts Glenn which are a model of how to put a clear, incisive argument together - with many hidden lessons in logic and rhetoric and how wielding the truth is so much more powerful than slithery ambiguity. And maybe exposure to a consistent conservative like Hypatia who voted for Bush but doesn't sanction his bid for monarchical power - maybe that would give him pause.
Silly, I know, but I have this optimistic view of human beings that they can sometimes change through exposure to, you know, the marketplace of ideas.
Oh, dear, I somehow posted this in the wrong forum! I'll go post it in the correct comments section.
ReplyDeleteBut it proves my point. Writers can make mistakes! Then the best thing to do is: admit it. As I just have. Easy.