tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4256927199662766264..comments2024-03-19T08:54:39.763-05:00Comments on Althouse: I had to do it.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56600109164398745712009-03-06T07:21:00.000-06:002009-03-06T07:21:00.000-06:00Jeeeeezus...what passes for "intelligent thought" ...Jeeeeezus...what passes for "intelligent thought" here is hilarious. First you have one of the most ignorant women breathing today rambling about an example of racism where it doesn't exist followed by a veritable plethora of inane comments from the conservative peanut gallery. Oh no! The fascist socialists are ruining our country! Help! Help! Come see the violence inherent in the system!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332460412894840448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36662050321412665432009-03-05T12:02:00.000-06:002009-03-05T12:02:00.000-06:00took a "wait and see" and "hope for the best" atti...<I>took a "wait and see" and "hope for the best" attitude</I><BR/><BR/>Me too.<BR/><BR/>But you don't have to applaud the new guy in charge of the protection gun when he starts pointing it at the people who gave it to him.Host with the Mosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688942020227316003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47432104154972112009-03-05T10:21:00.000-06:002009-03-05T10:21:00.000-06:00Michael,"Don't even bother Crakhead...I know, I kn...Michael,<BR/><BR/><I>"Don't even bother Crakhead...I know, I know...you're a black Republican and hate it, too."</I><BR/><BR/>Bullshit - I neither said, nor implied, such a thing - you're projecting or assuming things. I'm saying we're losing because: <BR/><BR/>A) we don't attack NewAge as they've attacked and demeaned the Christian wing of the Republican party. Considering the huge loads of BS NewAge is associated with - and how it's practically a plank of the Democratic agenda - from a strategic position, this is an unforgivable oversight.<BR/><BR/>B) Aping the race-obsessed (and still hypocritical) Democrats by putting up the boring and insipid Steele and Jindal is too-obvious and a loser. It turned me off and I'm already on the fucking team! You want black faces to represent the party? Fine - pick blacks who, like Rush, aren't concerned about pleasing liberals. And, yea, I include myself in those ranks.<BR/><BR/>C) Glenn Reynolds took a "wait and see" and "hope for the best" attitude towards Obama, which helped no one but Obama. As a student of the Saul Alinsky school of politics, Obama didn't deserve that. <BR/><BR/>Reynolds welds power, and he wastes it - and too-sweet conservatives waste it on people like Reynolds. When he should've been manning the barracades (sp?) he was playing his usual role of "the watcher" and for what? To watch us lose. That kind of conservatism is wimpy and useless.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22090806241151959692009-03-05T00:27:00.000-06:002009-03-05T00:27:00.000-06:00Bush had Babs Steisand and Alex Balwin to occasion...<I>Bush had Babs Steisand and Alex Balwin to occasionally mock in speeches</I><BR/><BR/>I really missed that.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/george_bush_archive" REL="nofollow">Can't find any mention of either of them in any Bush speech, anywhere</A>Host with the Mosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688942020227316003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75586606328938812862009-03-05T00:10:00.000-06:002009-03-05T00:10:00.000-06:00There's nothing like listening to white people dis...There's nothing like listening to white people discuss affirmative action.<BR/><BR/>I mean, just look at how it's effected their lives.<BR/><BR/>*And don't even bother Crakhead...I know, I know...you're a black Republican and hate it, too.Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43046280669308825132009-03-05T00:07:00.000-06:002009-03-05T00:07:00.000-06:00Chipper - "I come to recognize people who are reso...Chipper - "I come to recognize people who are resolutely stuck in their own partisan hole."<BR/><BR/>No shit?<BR/><BR/>Geee, I wonder how you know about such things?<BR/><BR/>DUH.Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24847464744523596992009-03-04T23:47:00.000-06:002009-03-04T23:47:00.000-06:00Bruce Hayden --Yes, entirely the same party today ...Bruce Hayden --<BR/><BR/>Yes, entirely the same party today as in 1964! Such a blow to us then when Strom switched parties. . . but we soldiered on! <BR/><BR/>In fact, the Republican party's having strayed from being the party of civil rights and limited government is one of the saddest stories in our politics.sohereiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041146349312341531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43045470675568707782009-03-04T22:55:00.000-06:002009-03-04T22:55:00.000-06:00Affirmative action (quato free since California v....<I>Affirmative action (quato free since California v. Bakke!) attempts to correct historic injustice. Liberals don't see as racial inferiors or attempt to guide "these poor African-Americans" from a stance of white superiority. Quite oppositely, liberals (and look whose side most minorities find themselves!) want to offer a corrective for historic injustices inflicted by people and policies who had such attitudes toward minorities.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, the major historical injustice that they are suffering from is LBJ's Great Society. The War on Poverty managed to destroy the Black family, to a far far greater extent than did slavery or Jim Crow. And the resulting fatherless families are the one biggest reason that Blacks have fallen behind even further. <BR/><BR/>Let me point out then that those who had such attitudes towards minorities were almost exclusively Democrats. The party was founded by slave holders. For the 1st 1/3 of the existence of that party, it strongly supported slavery, both north and south. Then, it implemented Jim Crow for the next 1/2 of its lifespan, lynching any number of uppity Blacks along the way. Around the middle of that, the federal government was resegregated by a Democratic president (Wilson), after having been desegregated by a Republican president (Lincoln). Then, all except for one of the Senators voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were Democrats. Immediately following this was the War on Poverty, again implemented by the Democrats, which destroyed the vast majority of Black families, forcing Blacks even further behind. And today, one of the most honored Democrats in the Senate is a former Klan leader. <BR/><BR/>Yes, there are a lot of historical injustices here.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8255246831755727412009-03-04T22:37:00.000-06:002009-03-04T22:37:00.000-06:00"Republican leaders have done the same. Pick a cel..."Republican leaders have done the same. Pick a celebrity and associate them with DEMON-CRATS. Reagan had Hanoi Jane, Bush had Babs Steisand and Alex Balwin to occasionally mock in speeches."<BR/><BR/>Jane Fonda. Barbara Streisand. Alec Baldwin. Rush Limbaugh.<BR/><BR/>One of these things is not like the other. <BR/><BR/>Obama's surrogates are putting Rush up as the anti-Obama. Fine. The bet here is that Obama's policies don't piss people off enough that being the anti-Obama isn't immediately accepted as the Next Good Thing. In which case, you on the Left get treated to the same thing Republicans were treated to in the most recent cycle.<BR/><BR/>That would be categorical rejection, by the way. <BR/><BR/>Limbaugh is willing - and eager - to take the mantle of conservative leader. Why? Well, whatever other reasons may be in play, it sure won't hurt his ratings. And if Obama does manage to rub his glossy shine off by rolling around in the mud enough, then Rush's preferred policies become honest-to-goodness political winners. <BR/><BR/>(Could you at least get the names of your left-wing strawmen right, btw?)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258486225193805658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22302720165826788992009-03-04T22:32:00.000-06:002009-03-04T22:32:00.000-06:00Chip Ahoy --I'm glad you feel free from the obliga...Chip Ahoy --<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you feel free from the obligation of actually explaining the great and serious truth of your anti-partisan positions, whatever they may be. I am only sad that I must dwell forever in the darkness of my partisanship -- if only I had made your acquaintance before the world and all her partisan hacks had made you so weary! Would that I could learn the wisdom of whatever it is you believe. . . would that the World herself could learn from you! Alas! The great charlatans who captain industry and government at the will of this pendulum you speak of. . . if only they could be swept aside by the bracing surf of your wisdom! But you keep your own counsel, Chip, and are made too tired by years of struggle against dull twits such as myself. . . it is truly clear why you cannot rouse yourself in opposition of my partisan endorsement of infrastructure investment!sohereiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041146349312341531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19800220332366638882009-03-04T21:56:00.000-06:002009-03-04T21:56:00.000-06:00I have a Black sock puppet. Does that make me an ...I have a Black sock puppet. Does that make me an uber liberal? I mean Nancy Pelosi has one. His name is Barak Obama.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36006753469902702382009-03-04T21:37:00.000-06:002009-03-04T21:37:00.000-06:00Athouse - Now that was a funny picture and caption...Athouse - Now that was a funny picture and caption. The shit-eating grin makes it!<BR/><BR/><I>Host with the Most said... <BR/>The President of the United States taking on a talk show host by name.<BR/>How pathetic.<BR/>How small is Obama, really?</I><BR/><BR/>Republican leaders have done the same. Pick a celebrity and associate them with DEMON-CRATS. Reagan had Hanoi Jane, Bush had Babs Steisand and Alex Balwin to occasionally mock in speeches<BR/><BR/>Rush being a far-Rightwinger who is wishing the country implodes because it will also show Obama had failed is a perfect invite to be used by Democrats to associate a figure so polarizing and rejected by moderates and independents - into the Leader of All Republicans.<BR/>Obama agreeing that what Rush said has all Republicans serving as Dittoheads to his Corporatist Tributes is a smart play. Just as long as he only affirms his surrogates from time to time as they go full bore against Limbaugh.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Rush is beloved by 10% of voters. Obama through proxies is playing for the other 90%.<BR/><BR/>-----------------Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62403727429900803142009-03-04T21:08:00.000-06:002009-03-04T21:08:00.000-06:00"Do you honestly think Bobby Jindal or Michael Ste...<I>"Do you honestly think Bobby Jindal or Michael Steele would be representing the GOP right now had John McCain won in November? I don't think so."</I><BR/><BR/>Me either. And that bothers me more than the accusations of racism directed at the party. But neither of those things bother me as much as the feeling many conservatives want their black members ready for marketing. Black people, like me, don't cut it. We're too much like the accusation Michael Steele threw at Limbaugh: incindiary, ugly, and entertainment - good to have around so, like those who voted for Obama, others can feel good about themselves. <BR/><BR/>Online anyway, I'm finding there isn't that much difference between white liberals and conservatives: both claim they want our contribution, but they want to dictate what it is and how we should deliver it.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but that's the truth.<BR/><BR/>Speaking only for myself, I won't be packaged for anyone and I think you're all missing the point of what's occurring because you refuse to take liberal spirituality as seriously as they do. Except for Obama winning, I'm hardly ever wrong about anything on my blog. And I'm not wimpy about anything - which people, like the Instapundit, can't claim.<BR/><BR/>That's the kind of clear declaritive statement that turns you off - but makes Rush a hero.<BR/><BR/>It's also a clear examplke of a different style - and how the double-standard is applied.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16912929082092507142009-03-04T21:07:00.000-06:002009-03-04T21:07:00.000-06:00"Michael" STARTED making his points without insul..."Michael" STARTED making his points without insults.<BR/><BR/>Way to go, Lucky! You can do it if you try!<BR/><BR/>But unfortunately, the old Evil Spirit came back upon him. You people are what did it. YOU started insulting him first, and then, well, you can see the mess that happened.<BR/><BR/>Somebody said this blog needs an exorcist. It may be what it really needs is a fumigator.<BR/><BR/>Well, this might help Lucky in his struggles with that ol' djinn that keeps taking over his brain:<BR/><BR/><I>I exorcise thee, unclean spirit Michael, in the name of Jesus Christ; tremble, 0 Satan, thou enemy of the faith, thou foe of mankind, who hast brought death into the world, who hast deprived men of life, and hast rebelled against justice, thou seducer of mankind, thou root of evil, thou source of avarice, discord and envy.</I><BR/><BR/>At least it's entertaining when his head spins all the way around.Lucyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035709871991352787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72514072168858212842009-03-04T20:30:00.000-06:002009-03-04T20:30:00.000-06:00Host with the Most said..."Is it just me, or is Mi...<I>Host with the Most said..."Is it just me, or is Michael actually making his points today without personal insults?"</I><BR/><BR/>The calming effect of dinosaur anxiety.Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4817771312417922642009-03-04T19:11:00.000-06:002009-03-04T19:11:00.000-06:00Nice one, Michael, I see what you did there. I am ...Nice one, Michael, I see what you did there. I am very familliar with Yiddish, and with half wit liberals, thank you very much. But you still write English very poorly.<BR/><BR/>And your thinking is even worse than your writing. <BR/><BR/>Back at it, boy, you have a lot of growing up to do.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87866552894876856842009-03-04T18:42:00.000-06:002009-03-04T18:42:00.000-06:00sohereiam , your analysis is partisan crap, and yo...sohereiam , your analysis is partisan crap, and you're seriously wrong on most of your points. <BR/><BR/>But I'm tired of having this discussion because I come to recognize people who are resolutely stuck in their own partisan hole. <BR/><BR/>Know this: The pendulum made its natural and inexorable swing and it will swing again, and then in your terms you'll read that as having lost. Then, you'll have counter partisans, dull and uninformed as yourself making the types of clueless remarks you're making here.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17329008115332951102009-03-04T18:31:00.000-06:002009-03-04T18:31:00.000-06:00I don't want to listen to the whole blogging heads...I don't want to listen to the whole blogging heads thing again to validate this point, but here's the thing, I did not understand Althouse to suggest that listening to Jindal's speech and then having a bad reaction to it might possibly be an indication of racism. What I heard, or at least what I understood was that saying, "Oh God," at the first sight of Jindal <I>before</I> he delivered a speech which turned out to be in uncharacteristic and a regrettable style, is fairly certainly racist. Racist because all your races belong to us. You do not belong to us, therefore something is wrong right off, before a word is even spoken. <BR/><BR/>For the record, the speech was painful to listen to, so I didn't. It reminded me of the elementary school kids reading the news on PBS on Saturdays. Its content was elementary, the portion that I heard, anyway. I hated it. Plus, I don't like his beady eyes, and I don't like his pencil neck. I wouldn't like those things no matter what his race. So I'm an eyeist and a neckist, and I respond negatively to being spoken to as an idiot.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54400040665445458612009-03-04T17:37:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:37:00.000-06:00Bruce --How silly. I know how much good this will...Bruce --<BR/><BR/>How silly. I know how much good this will do, but. . . <BR/><BR/> Affirmative action (quato free since California v. Bakke!) attempts to correct historic injustice. Liberals don't see as racial inferiors or attempt to guide "these poor African-Americans" from a stance of white superiority. Quite oppositely, liberals (and look whose side most minorities find themselves!) want to offer a corrective for historic injustices inflicted by people and policies who had such attitudes toward minorities.sohereiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041146349312341531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4658044129449062052009-03-04T17:29:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:29:00.000-06:00Meade --Throughout President Bush's two terms, con...Meade --<BR/><BR/>Throughout President Bush's two terms, control of congress passed from one party to the other. . . oh, why bother. But throughout that time, the Democrats never mustered a veto-proof margin in the Senate, the Republicans were in control the majority of the time, and Bush had great success passing his bad-investment agenda -- bad investments in massive tax cuts, odd middle eastern wars, and bad investments in misdirected spending. <BR/><BR/>Further, by accumulating executive power like a child winning an easter-egg hunt, President Bush exerted more executive control than any other President in history. <BR/><BR/>And he failed.<BR/><BR/>He failed quite especially at achieving the stated goals of conservatism.sohereiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041146349312341531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50126713205165739572009-03-04T17:19:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:19:00.000-06:00Bruce - "Let me suggest just the opposite, that ma...Bruce - "Let me suggest just the opposite, that many liberals have unconscious racism."<BR/><BR/>I don't think there's a human on the planet, left or right, that doesn't harbor some form of "racism."<BR/><BR/>Your argument is nothing more than the usual anti-affirmative action, welfare, national health care, etc. bullshit the conservatives throw out all the time.<BR/><BR/>Of course about 99% of you are as white as the driven snow...right?Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15134027971098573102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13681078204571472952009-03-04T17:14:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:14:00.000-06:00Well, of course, the good liberals know what they ...<I>Well, of course, the good liberals know what they are supposed to say and that it's not "I'm a racist." The question is whether behind their correct speech patterns lie racial thought patterns — which they might not even admit to themselves. My question was *always*: What makes you so confident your thoughts do not spring from racism? And by the way, I learned this kind of analysis from the good liberals who were always instructing conservatives about their unconscious racism.</I><BR/><BR/>Let me suggest just the opposite, that many liberals have unconscious racism. Supporting racial quotas or affirmative action would seem to require seeing people first by their race, and then later as real people. In many, I think there is also some racial paternalism, that these poor African-Americans really need help and guidance from their Caucasian betters.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71026594664857879462009-03-04T17:11:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:11:00.000-06:00Dr Dre - Dat be yo black deal?Duh.Dr Dre - Dat be yo black deal?<BR/><BR/>Duh.Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029205048974050106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84709303107237568182009-03-04T17:02:00.000-06:002009-03-04T17:02:00.000-06:00Dat not my gig bitch. Talk to Michael. Oh you are ...Dat not my gig bitch. Talk to Michael. Oh you are Michael. Well then go fuck yourself.Dr Dre's Underpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156828112434815213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48233657824238287592009-03-04T16:59:00.001-06:002009-03-04T16:59:00.001-06:00Dr. Dre - Suck me.Dr. Dre - Suck me.Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029205048974050106noreply@blogger.com