mew wrote: When Obama is deciding how many new troops to send to Afganistan, health insurance reform is being seriously debated for the first time since Medicare, the economy is still wobbly, why is the big headline on the Drudge report OBAMA BOWS TO JAPANESE EMPEROR? And people are actually debating this, as if it was actually important!! What the hell is going on these days?
salp: that’s the last gasp of a people whose ideology has been thoroughly discredited
though the right knows how to stay on talking point they’re completely off the subject
republicans have come to resemble more a mob than a legitimate political party
i don’t mean to cast aspersions on every single republican
but i would urge the more reasonable amongst them
to check the company they keep
i’ve noticed when rational discussion doesn’t elicit the desired effect
rightist politicians & their media allies seek
they resort to a fear mongering and character assassination
of the most sordid & small minded variety
now i’m all for listening to other opinions
but those aren’t opinions
that’s just bad attitude
so i would suggest
we roundly ignore the drudges & fox news haters
until they’re willing to talk in tones other than those of whining toddlers
who haven’t yet discovered to ask for what they want in any kind of way
that would be appropriate in civil society
off hand i can’t name a lot of thoughtful commentators on the right
but someone like David Frum who i hear often on NPR
expresses views very different than my own
but in a way that isn’t gratuitous
& that in some alternate universe
i can imagine myself taking seriously…..