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September 06, 2004
Junior Attack Dogs Growling at Shadows
This undocumented piece of psychotic drivel was forwarded to me with the subject line, 'Breaking News..Has America really faced the fact that we have an alcoholic as our president?' The scribbler behind this bitter rant, Susan Estrich, considers herself an intellectual and a feminist, yet writes books with titles like Making the Case for Yourself: A Diet Book for Smart Women. You go girl! But onto the nonsense (and I reprint this because it shows the lunacy of the left -- Kerry's core is melting): RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2004, AND THEREAFTER Anyone care to critique this mess? It's hard to believe anyone is this rabid and ... well, dumb. posted by Dennis on 09.06.04 at 12:32 AM
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i think it must be a joke--i mean, the idea that the Left never plays dirty HAS to be said tongue-in-cheek, right? and come on--i've seen lots of people in the kerry camp concerned with 'issues'...i just can't think of any right now. oh, wait. i was thinking of another camp. cub scout camp. E · September 6, 2004 01:31 AM Ah, the "wild threats of dirty tricks." Link here (along with wonderful picture!) Eric Scheie · September 6, 2004 10:13 AM I'm not sujre what your point is? Why do you consider this "rabid" or "dumb"? I understand that you don't agree with it, but what's rabid or dumb about her essential contention that the Kerry campaign has been too weak in their counterattack? Just looking for rational discourse here. Anonymous · September 6, 2004 08:48 PM There isn't much to explain. This was a piece by a bitter partisan filled with (as I noted earlier) undocumented statements. For example, she pounds away at the lie that the press has proven the Swift Boat Vets to be liars. That Tad Devine says it in the press does not mean that it's true, nor does it mean that the 'press' has proven anything. This is in fact part of blustery rhetorical game. In crying out about alleged lies on the part of the opposition, she creates the illusion that she is the champion of truth, and so her lies are to be read as truth. But honestly if you can't see her foaming at the mouth in this piece I'm afraid you may be just as rabid. Of course, if you were an independent voice interested in rational *discourse* you'd have had no reason to conceal your name or e-mail address. Dennis · September 6, 2004 09:28 PM "But honestly if you can't see her foaming at the mouth in this piece I'm afraid you may be just as rabid." This is really a rude response. I note that your "name" is "Dennis" and that your contact information is "http://classicalvalues.com/" and you claim that, somehow it proves that i don't want rational discourse? I guess this is not the welcoming, rational forum for liberty and justice that i was looking for. I apologize to all for not knowing how to use your system. I suppose i'll have to vote for Bush now to prove i'm rational? What a disappointment this has been. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. xyz-abc · September 7, 2004 12:17 AM My critique was a rude noise. That's about all that Estrich rates. Umm... xyz-abc? You actually have been awake and watching the news and reading the blogosphere for the past four years, right? If so, the answers to your question have already been picked over for four years, in detail. Suffice it to say: if "BUSH = HITLER!", posters of Bush eating a baby, almost a year of media and leftist blogosphere digging into Bush's national guard records, BUSH = AWOL!, Halliburton smears, media columnists suggesting that conservatives be exterminated, Michael Moore's films, several dozen major celebrities staging "Regieme Change at Home!" concerts and events, "SELECTED NOT ELECTED", "stolen election" when multiple recounts that the Dems asked for have confirmed that Gore lost, election rigging that was predominately done by Democrats, and umpteen hundreds of other attacks of more or less viciousness doesn't qualify for Estrich as "Nasty", then she has a sense of what nasty and vicious are comprised of that would make a hardened mercenary puke. It's already been a long and ugly road to November, one that started in 2000, and Estrich is trying to pretend that it's only goten so because Republicans have had the temerity to question Kerry's actual senate history and voting record recently. Estrich is basically engaging in the time honored schoolyard bully tactic of crying "Foul!" when the kid they're trying to shake down for lunch money bloodies their nose. If you've been asleep for the past four years and missed all of that, then well, yeah, I guess this is *not* the welcoming, rational forum for liberty and justice that you were looking for. It is rational in the sense that it doesn't coddle nor condone the deliberate cognitive dissonance that Estrich is trying to foist off on her readership. Ironbear · September 7, 2004 02:07 AM "I suppose i'll have to vote for Bush now to prove i'm rational?" If I can change just one person, it's all been worth it. But seriously, I'm not ashamed of myself, nor should I be. You glossed over the whole piece and tried to whittle it down to an "essential contention" which most people would not find in the piece. The essential contention was that the Republicans are evil slime balls, and the good guys have to get their hands dirty and play foul for the good of the country. And guess what? I'm still going to be mean to you, so nyah! PS: I'm the resident bastard, and am technically a guest here. Had you replied to one of Eric's posts he would have been as civil as John Kerry ... strike that. He would have been very civil and fair, and would have taken the time to respond in detail. Dennis · September 7, 2004 02:42 AM Is there anywhere I can fact check her lee atwater comments? John K · September 9, 2004 09:22 PM |
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