Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Back soon: But in the meantime some thoughts: - Uproar over Rove's speech seems a little overdone. Sure, it's good to see Democrats fight back, but the content of Rove's remarks were somewhat unclear, and we got another instance of Afghanistan/Iraq confusion - which works to the Republican's advantage.
- Re Digby and others on what to do about Iraq: It is our view that on certain political issues, like war, you should fight for your position up until the point where the war starts. After that, the public slides into deeply rooted emotional territory, to the extent that you will be unable to change their minds. The policy itself, in this case war, will have to fail on its own in order to secure a reversal of public opinion. If the war succeedes, the politician (Bush) wins. If the war fails, he doesn't. Debating Bush on the war just won't work as long as the war is being fought. It's a loser politically.
Others in the liberal blog land think all policies can be debated at all times, including war. We disagree.
- Supreme Court on the Ten Commandments - It looks as if the courts have to determine the motive of commandment-placers in order to decide if such action is allowed. That means knowing the thoughts of those people (to determine "context"), an impossible task. The Commandments by themselves promote religion or not. We think they are promoting a religion, and that government should not be erecting such displays.
- Bush's speech tonight. Set your VCR to 'schadenfreude'.
posted by Quiddity at 6/28/2005 10:59:00 AM
2 comments
ugga,
consider the comments by Armando over at Kos, the rather wise analysis of Billmon and the commetary over at Smirkingchimp.
I'm with you on the strident claims of neo-McCarthyism, for the Bush administration's entire run has had McCarthyist demonization characteristic to it from the 2000 campaign to the present.
Ugga, Rove is an immoral, sociopathic pig. He does one thing, run campaigns, and in running campaigns, he will do and say anything to make the outcome break his way.
We must not be distracted from the 2006 Congressional campaign by having to somehow prove we, as Democrats and Liberals, supported the Afghanistan War, or efforts to capture bin Laden. for if we have to waste time on the defense fighting straw dog verbal BM's from some fuckhead like Rove, we will trip up again.
we fought back? pffffft!
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