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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Thursday, February 05, 2004 :::
I think the new Lileks bleat is a bit hard on Patrick Stewart. The "arrogance" and "significantly flawed" phraseology was gag-inducing, but I thought Lileks took it a bit far.
On Kerry and McAuliffe, I think he lets loose on exactly those points which warrant some letting loose. For example:And I’m sure [certain Kerry supporters] said YEAH! when Terry McAuliffe -- Carville without the warmth -- accused Bush of "not serving in the military," and said that Bush Sr. pulled strings to get him an honorable discharge. They know that’s true. They know it. Just as they know that Bush never flew a jet, and has the IQ of a warm rock, etc. etc. The whole AWOL thing is slanderous nonsense -- but it’s completely consistent with the new tone. Imagine if the head of the RNC had floated Mena rumors in 96, or wondered aloud about Gore’s role in Ron Brown’s "mysterious" plane crash death. And imagine if these memes were floated in the middle of a hot war. The difference is that "Mena" would have been a hot-button word at the RNC convention for those nutballs who wear 348 buttons and straw hats, whereas I suspect that the "Bush was AWOL" idea will be embraced enthusiastically by delegates who are NEA secretaries from Nebraska. We'll see. I don't remember this "Mena" thing, and I don't know the significance of 348. But I do have the impression that the lunatic anti-Bush fringe encompasses more people than did the lunatic anti-Clinton fringe. I could be wrong.
And I'm regularly astonished at how many people there are who can barely count thirteen with their shoes on, but who are willing to call Bush a "moron".McAuliffe said he was responding to the GOP’s attacks on Democrats’ patriotism. Examples given: none. You want attacks on patriotism, listen to Wesley Clark, who has specifically accused Bush of being unpatriotic I've been waiting a long time for an example of a reputable Republican attacking a reputable Democrat's patriotism, the way Clark has been attacking Bush's patriotism. I've heard a lot of talk of it since the 2002 election season, but I haven't heard any examples.
::: posted by Steven at 9:31 AM
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