National Review’s Mark Levin:
By on Jan 16th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
National Review’s Mark Levin:
“From Clement Haynsworth, William Rehnquist, Bob Bork, and Clarence Thomas, to Jeff Sessions, Bill Pryor, Charles Pickering, and Sam Alito — and scores of others — Kennedy has played the role of McCarthy for 40 years, and always to a fawning press. He’s a greater menace than McCarthy ever was.” (via AS)
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I would not expect much more from the national review. I am sure that Limbaugh and Hannity will be echoing these statements soon.
January 16th, 2006 at 5:35 pmExcept for the spying and persecution of civilians and rampant paranoia.
January 16th, 2006 at 5:39 pmi will reiterate for the 10000th time. The Right Wing have and will always be the gravest threats to the world at large. I do not know what rules their shaky brains but somewhere along some line these scabs of humanity got scortched somewhere. Therfore, it is those do the name calling who are the biggest terrorist threats.
January 16th, 2006 at 5:48 pmAndrew Sullivan gave this quote one of his “MALKIN AWARD NOMINEE” prizes on Saturday.
Orwell: Asking tough question of someone who is about to get a LIFETIME appointment is an “attack”.
January 16th, 2006 at 5:52 pmThese Bushites are getting veeerrrry desperate…
Their treason is obvious and they should pay a price…
January 16th, 2006 at 6:01 pmHistory will be much kinder to the Kennedy’s than to the Bushes.
January 16th, 2006 at 6:09 pmMeanwhile in other news
The Insane Mayor of New Orleans says that God is mad at America.
January 16th, 2006 at 6:12 pmWhat a clown, yawn! Three paragraphs? 3 freaking paragraphs is all this cheesehead could come up with to support his accusation? PHA-LEEEEEZ! if it’s worth the breath email his clown ass here: mlevin@nationalreview.com
January 16th, 2006 at 6:19 pm“Meanwhile in other news
The Insane Mayor of New Orleans says that God is mad at America. Gary Ruppert”
Religion has a tendency to make people insane, no matter their political persuasion. This statement is no more wrong or insane than Pat Robertson’s claim – Gary are you saying that Robertson and other Republican religious leaders who’ve made similar claims and dominate your political party (like GWBush) are also insane? I’m willing to lump all of you religious nuts in the same crab pot – how about you?
January 16th, 2006 at 6:19 pmSorry! my bad, 4, 4 paragraphs, Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! (laughing like the count on SS)
January 16th, 2006 at 6:21 pmGary, what about that Insane Bush’s comments? Any comments on those, or do you reserve your insults to partisan and biased targets solely?
January 16th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
The Insane Mayor of New Orleans says that God is mad at America.
Comment by Gary Ruppert — January 16, 2006 @ 6:12 pm
Anyone who claims that a natural disaster, disease, catastrophe, etc. is sent by a displeased god as a punishment is indeed insane.
But you are right -that’s other news. This thread is about Mark Levine’s claim that Kennedy is a greater threat than McCarthy. Isn’t that insane, too?
January 16th, 2006 at 6:26 pmThe Insane Mayor of New Orleans says that God is mad at America.
Comment by Gary Ruppert — January 16, 2006 @ 6:12 pm
Nabil Shaath says: “President Bush said to all of us: ‘I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, “George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.” And I did, and then God would tell me, “George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …” And I did. And now, again, I feel God’s words coming to me, “Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.” And by God I’m gonna do it.’”
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers
How’s that for insane? Foreign policy based on a divine command!? wow…
January 16th, 2006 at 6:29 pmIf we want to look at a McCarthy like senator, look no further than Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who has made it his personal mission to attack, belittle, threaten and harrass any scientist doing and presenting work on global warming. The man is like McCarthy with constipation!
January 16th, 2006 at 6:34 pmGary,
January 16th, 2006 at 6:46 pmOne of the rare times that I would agree with you, assuming that your report on what mayor nagin said is factual. Anyone claiming to speak for God is insane. However, that net catches many a republican right now which is a shame not just for the republican party, but for this nation as a whole. I agree that these insane “false prophets” should be disregarded and removed from their elected offices (or from their television shows).
Kennedy has always been a punching bag for the Republicans. He’s used to it by now. At least there is one senator with the balls to stand up to the Bush White House.
January 16th, 2006 at 6:47 pmThere is long-standing enmity between the Kennedy family and the Bush family, who are distant cousins through marriage.
Anyone who dares challenge King George (or his appointee) is subject to personal attack by the castle guard.
#9, rightpunch — nailed it.
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January 16th, 2006 at 6:49 pmSenator Kennedy is a big boy, he can take care of himself…
Levin is an AIPAC propagandist of the William Kristol school of character assassination…
Both should be deported to their respective villages in Israel…
January 16th, 2006 at 7:07 pmYo uuuber sensitive Jewish spokespersons, before you start with the “anti-semite” moniker…
There are good Jews and bad Jews, good Muslims and bad Muslims, Good Blacks and bad Blacks, good Whites and IRI…
January 16th, 2006 at 7:10 pmbig papa,
January 16th, 2006 at 7:16 pmThanks for making the point against the usage of racial generalizations, and for the chuckle at the expense of IRI.
Absolutely. There’s a reason why this man has been in the Senate since 1963. He has endured the assassinations of two of his brothers, the deaths of several brothers and sisters, nephews, personal traumas and scandals, and is still ticking. Why does he keep getting elected? Because he gets the job done for Massachusetts and for America. Simple as that. Whatever you may think of him personally, he is extraordinarily effective and it will be a sad day when he decides to retire from office. Thank God that there are a few men in office that still have the courage to ask the tough questions and do their jobs. His questioning of Alito (notice I didn’t say “attack”) was one of the few bright spots in the entire confirmation process.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:18 pmI think that Joseph McCarthy was an American Hero, and he was the one force that saved our nation from falling into the arms of Communism.
It doesn’t take a lot to be worse than a hero like Joseph McCarthy.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:34 pmAnd you would be the only person on the face of the planet to be stupid enough to think that.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:39 pmMr. Ruppert,
Either you are so incredibly warped that “clinically insane” would be an understatement, or you are just trying to push buttons to incite responses so that you fill the void created by your self loathing.
Either way, you have discredited yourself to the point of irrelevance.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:41 pmI can’t believe GR said that!
January 16th, 2006 at 7:50 pmSpudge is right – GR must be the only one on the face of the planet who thinks that pranoid nutjob McCarthy was a hero.
I think that Joseph McCarthy was an American Hero
Comment by Gary Ruppert — January 16, 2006 @ 7:34 pm
And with that one statement, Mr. Ruppert showed us all his lack of historical perspective:
During his ten years in the Senate, McCarthy and his staff gained notoriety for making freewheeling accusations of membership in the communist party or of communist sympathies. (Emphasis added)
Joseph McCarthy
Alternate reality, indeed…
January 16th, 2006 at 7:52 pmare just trying to push buttons to incite responses so that you fill the void created by your self loathing.
Comment by Optimist #24
Optimist,
I love it when you hit ‘em right between the eyes…
January 16th, 2006 at 7:54 pmSpudgeBoy,
I think Mr. Ruppert has been reading Ann Coulter lately. She has repeatedly called McCarthy a “patriot”:
Since I described McCarthy as a great American patriot defamed by liberals in my 2003 book, “Treason,” liberals have had two more years to produce a person — just one person — falsely accused by McCarthy. They still can’t do it.
ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A SECOND-RATE FILMMAKER?
I guess there are many more people out there who also read Coulter (like G. Ruppert) who think McCarthy was a patriot.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:56 pmGeorge Clooney’s “Good Night and Good Luck” is an awesome movie about McCarthy and the press. A must see.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:57 pmDemocrats still have communist sympathies. They aren’t all killers like Ted Kennedy, however.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:59 pmAnd all readers of this blog will note the fact that whoever posted this item couldn’t think of anything to rebut Levin’s (no E) point.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:01 pmThe way I count it is Ted Kennedy has “killed” as many people as Laura Bush.
Ummm, no we won’t because unlike you, we are fed our daily talking points in the morning.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:07 pmWhat,
When someone’s position is non-sensical, there is no need for rebuttal. Levin’s position is as valid as a ten year old girl complaining that another girl is prettier than she and the only correct response is “everyone is beautiful”.
On to your point of “communist” sympathies and the democratic party. Wow, you had to dust that one off when you pulled it out. I wonder how on a day dedicated to a man of peace and love of humanity all you can come up with is a message born of hate and meant to pass on that hate. The question you need to ask yourself is “why do I hate people?” and not “which party, republican or democrat, should I smear today?”
January 16th, 2006 at 8:12 pmLevin’s statements don’t need to be rubutted. They are an attack on Ted Kennedy, and an effort to remold the American opinion of Joseph McCarthy. This is yet agian a good example of how out of control the right is, always willing to defame and smear anyone who they think is getting in thier way.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:12 pmAnd all readers of this blog will note the fact that whoever posted this item couldn’t think of anything to rebut Levin’s (no E) point.
Comment by What — January 16, 2006 @ 8:01 pm
Levin’s attempt at a smear is so preposterous, as to be self-debunking. At least it is for anyone with a little historical knowledge (Coulter’s books do not count as historical knowledge). No need for Think Progress to even try to offer a rebuttal.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:17 pmSaying “there’s no need to rebut his argument” doesn’t make it so.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:18 pm“No need for Think Progress to even try to offer a rebuttal.”
ROFL
Funny.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:19 pmWhat,
January 16th, 2006 at 8:20 pmJust because you bait a hook does not mean that the fish has to go for it, also.
Optimist, the hate on this site is coming from the left, as usual.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:23 pmonce again you simply make a silly statement with no facts. Levin smeared Ted Kennedy. Since everyones opinion of Ted Kennedy is going to be different based upon what they want to believe. A gross attack by the right wing media does not need to be rebutted by think progress or anyone else. Levin is an ass for writing his blog, and anyone who takes it as the gospel truth is as big an ass as he is.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:25 pmlooks like what skips over IRI’s comments talk about hate.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:26 pmWhat,
January 16th, 2006 at 8:28 pmYou are dyslexic.
I think a neo-con journal such as the national review should be careful about comparing thier opponents to historical villains. Because there heros are much more comparable to many more.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:28 pmWhat,
January 16th, 2006 at 8:34 pmHate has no chosen direction, only consistent methods. I do not see those methods here. However, if you really want to see “hate” and its methodologies, study a war/invasion where the justification for killing people is that you are “helping” them. That’s a good place to start if you really want to understand the vile thing.
And you would be the only person on the face of the planet to be stupid enough to think that.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — January 16, 2006 @ 7:39 pm
No, Millions of Americans regard McCarthy as an American Hero. It’s only though the efforts of International Communism and it’s stooges that McCarthy was smeared.
Mr. Ruppert,
Either you are so incredibly warped that “clinically insane†would be an understatement, or you are just trying to push buttons to incite responses so that you fill the void created by your self loathing.
Either way, you have discredited yourself to the point of irrelevance.
Comment by Optimist — January 16, 2006 @ 7:41 pm
If I were so irrelevant, you wouldn’t be addressing me. The truth hurts.
During his ten years in the Senate, McCarthy and his staff gained notoriety for making freewheeling accusations of membership in the communist party or of communist sympathies.
Biased account by a Communist sympathizer.
I think Mr. Ruppert has been reading Ann Coulter lately.
Ann Coulter is a great writer and I would support her if she ran for President.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:36 pmThe funny bit is on the one hand they want to make McCarthy into a patriotic hero, while villifing the opposition for using McCarthy style tactics. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:36 pmAt least if Ann Coulter was president, I would know that I would be heading for the camps.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:42 pmOptimist, “I do not see those methods here”
Then you are blind. This site is non-stop hate.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:43 pmNo, Millions of Americans regard McCarthy as an American Hero. It’s only though the efforts of International Communism and it’s stooges that McCarthy was smeared.
Comment by Gary Ruppert — January 16, 2006 @ 8:36 pm
Then you must surely disagree with Mark Levin’s comment, i.e., that Ted Kennedy uses McCarthy-like sleazy tactics to destroy the reputation of honorable men and women, and that McCarthy was a menace.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:43 pmHaving gone into several right wing sites, the hate is equal on both sides. Personally I want to have a debate not a name calling contest, and try to keep such things out of my posts.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:44 pmOh and gr wasn’t that the national review that was comparing your beloved mcarthy to Kennedy in a negative sense? Doesn’t this implitly meant that the nr thinks mcarthy is a bad guy. Well guess what he was. Anyone with a strong appreciation for American beleifs such as freedom of speech he is anathma. I would like to recomnd a book to my fellow readers that can lend insight into those halycon days of the mcarthy era. Now and On Earth, by Jim Thompson. It is a semi-autobiographical tale of a struggling writer during the war (WWII) years. A small part of it involves the author getting grief for having been associated with commies. Parts of it read like an American Kafka. I probably would not make a good book binder blurb writer but despit my weak description it was a good book.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:45 pmi wish to make a personal promise to every rightwing troll. We the people will not allow this to go much further. 50 million of us at the very least will simply not allow this lunacy to continue. There may be Republicans elected to Congress this year but we the people will not allow them to be seated in any congress. if you and your President can break out laws than we can and we will do the same as well.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:45 pmSo Gary Ruppert is saying that either Ted Kennedy is an american hero for using the tactics of his ‘hero’ McCarthy, or that Mark Levin is a liar. Either way, it’s one republican confessing that a member of his political party is a liar. I can live with that.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:46 pmThen you must surely disagree with Mark Levin’s comment, i.e., that Ted Kennedy uses McCarthy-like sleazy tactics to destroy the reputation of honorable men and women, and that McCarthy was a menace.
I disagree with associating McCarthy’s tactics with sleaze and with claiming that McCarthy was a menace.
I do agree with saying that Ted Kennedy is a liberal smear artist.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:47 pmI am unsure right punch and given his sudden silence. He has realized he was backed into a corner and has run away like so many on the right.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:48 pmKrazny, #40: “Levin is an ass for writing his blog, and anyone who takes it as the gospel truth is as big an ass as he is.”
Krazny, #51: “I want to have a debate not a name calling contest, and try to keep such things out of my posts.”
Now there’s a guy who’s self aware. ROFL
January 16th, 2006 at 8:49 pmlast time I checked we were a democracy. Being a democracy, means that the communist party has a right to exist and be active in this country. Would I vote for them? no. Do I believe that communism works? no. but under freedom of speech laws it is not illegal to be a communist.
Also last time I checked despite McCarthy’s tactics of bullying, and smearing he never did discover a communist in the U.S. government or anywhere else for that matter.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:51 pmI believe I said “try” most of the time I am succesful. given the amount of foul language and name calling I see from right wing posters the term ass is pretty tame.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:52 pm“I disagree with associating McCarthy’s tactics with sleaze and with claiming that McCarthy was a menace.
I do agree with saying that Ted Kennedy is a liberal smear artist. Gary Ruppert”
But Mark Levin (your fellow republican) says that McCarthy’s tactics were sleazy, and that Kennedy uses the same tactics. Are you saying that republicans are liars about Kennedy and his tactics, or that Kennedy isn’t using McCarthy style tactics?
Either way, you’re calling Mark Levin and your fellow republicans liars with your little diatribe. I’m very comfortable with you guys calling each other liars, since it’s clear the shoe fits more often than it doesn’t.
Don’t worry, I forgive you for your sins child. We’re all guilty of some sin, perhaps with a more open heart and honest mind you can overcome yours.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:52 pmThen you need to read more.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:52 pmThen you are blind. This site is non-stop hate.
Comment by What — January 16, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
What/NoCensorship/wwallace,
Are you finaly going to post something of value, or just more assinine comments?
January 16th, 2006 at 8:53 pmMcCarthy and the rest of the rightwing zealots should have been purged by their own medicine. That would have made america a better place, and prevented these crooks and criminals from hijacking the government.
January 16th, 2006 at 8:53 pmsure I am always willing to learn. Can you find an article about all the communists that McCarthy caught that is not written by biased journalist?
January 16th, 2006 at 8:53 pmKrazny, from Wikipedia:
January 16th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Schizophrenia anyone?
January 16th, 2006 at 8:57 pmLevine claims McCarthy was a menace.
Levine claims Kennedy is worse than McCarthy.
Coulter claims McCarthy was a hero.
Coulter claims Kennedy is the anti-christ.
Gary R. thinnks Coulter is an angel.
What,
I don’t have a problem with purging extremists, except when the extremists who do it are only interested in getting rid of the competition. This country has always suffered more risk from rightwing than leftwing elements, and most of the wrong folks got purged.
And just out of curiosity, who exactly was discovered by McCarthy and ‘prosecuted’ in the US government for being a communist ‘What’? You say McCarthy found spies, who did HE find? You’re quoting from a soviet spy log, but were Hiss, Rosenberg or Hall ever prosecuted by McCarthy?
We also know that many former Nazi war criminals went to work for the CIA after WWII and that Prescott Bush was slapped by the government for helping to finance Hitler. Are you saying we should have a purge of america for the rightwing infiltration of american government? I’m sure it would be more productive than the witch hunt that McCarthy implemented.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:01 pmThis exerpt of the levin piece is a great example of the logical acrobatics that the bush apologists must employ to support him. The hero of ann (why don’t you eat something… and keep it down!) coulters book mcarthy’s tactics are used to negatively compare to Kennedy’s actions.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:01 pmHey What, you forgot this part of the Wikipedia post.
I thought you said that McCarthy had discovered a spy in the government – but ‘discover’ means ‘prove’, not ’suspect’. And even the Verona files are ’suspect’. The Soviets would often produce fake communications in order to throw off foreign intelligence.
Point is, McCarthy did a whole lot of harrassing based on rumor, inuendo and no proof.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:04 pmAnd fans of the Karl Rove, George Bush and the rest of these corrupt politicians would think McCarthy was a hero. He was a liar and a partisan maniac.
Nice hero there – a man who fabricates evidence in order to ‘win’ and get his way. Sound familiar? Who else do we know in office right now who resorts to such illegal, unethical and immoral tactics. Republicans forge heroes easily, and on flimsy moral ground it would appear.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:08 pmLrts not forget all of lincolns trasgreesions against the constitution, truly the original and prototypical republican.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:12 pmIn the true McCarthy spirit of honest debate and tolerance, I give you The National Review’s tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:12 pmIt should be a comment on bushes vileness that he would make us realize what a bad president lincoln was. I always thought lincoln was a hero until he was compared to bush, now I don’t like him so much.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:18 pmLet’s not forget that the governments in the South that instituted Jim Crow segregation laws were Democrats.
And it is the Democrats still today who espouse race-based unequal treatment under the law.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:19 pmMarie, “Levine claims McCarthy was a menace.”
When did Levin (no E) say that? Put up.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:23 pm“Let’s not forget that the governments in the South that instituted Jim Crow segregation laws were Democrats.
And it is the Democrats still today who espouse race-based unequal treatment under the law. What”
That’s true, but thank heavens they all left with Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond to become Republicans. Only ZellMiller and a few nutjobs remain – and they can leave anytime they like.
Don’t forget that it was a Democrat as president that overthrew those laws – at the risk of losing many in the democratic party over to their rightwing brothers in the Republican party. It’s cost democrats dearly politically – but the moral victory was worth it. Now clearly the Republicans are the party of racists, bigots and zealots. You’re all in the same crab pot for the most part.
Eventually you’ll burn yourselves out like a 2 year old on a tantrum (actually it appears to be happening now), and sanity will prevail. Just try not to push the button or destroy the country on your way out, ok pumpkin?
January 16th, 2006 at 9:25 pm#73,
Don’t try to fool anyone like that. We all know the segregationists split with the Democrats in the 1960s. The Republicans have been the party of racism ever since and even Ken Mehlman has admitted.
And it is the Democrats still today who espouse race-based unequal treatment under the law.
You seem to be defining unequal as not slanted toward the current corporate elite. Fortunately for you, the Republicans control the media, othwerise the people who voted for Bush because the media told them Kerry was an “elitist” would learn the truth is really Bush and his neocon buddies are the real elitists.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:25 pm“Marie, “Levine claims McCarthy was a menace.â€
When did Levin (no E) say that? Put up. What”
Typical republican, you didn’t even read the thread or his comment, yet here you are spouting off your ‘fount’ of wisdom.
“He’s a greater menace than McCarthy ever was.â€
Don’t worry child, we’ll help keep you honest, even if that’s not a priority for you.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:27 pmWay off topic, but I’ve been thinking about it and I have to get it off of my chest. I think alito looks pukey. Like he wants to take a puke. He always has this nasaly scrunched up expression that makes it look like someone near him just farted. It probably wouldn’t bug me except that I remeber ken star also had a similar pukey expression. stars was more like he just stuck his hand in something gooey though. And you know who else has that pukey look, at least half of one? cheney. His is more like somebody just said something stupid in one ear (such as lets audit haliburton). Thanks I just had to say that.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:29 pmNow clearly the Democrats are the party of racists, bigots and zealots.
“He’s a greater menace than McCarthy ever was.â€
That sentence does not indicate that Levin thinks McCarthy was a menace.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:31 pmDid anyone notice that after Alito left the questioning he didn’t even look at his wife? Who was so sad she had to leave the proceedings?
January 16th, 2006 at 9:32 pmMaybe she knew that he not only was in the club.. that he was a bigot and she was sick thinking about how he would respond to the questioning. ?
Maybe she was crying at the thought of alito would be frisky after he pulls this off.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:37 pmI shudder at the thought of a pukey alito come face.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:38 pm““He’s a greater menace than McCarthy ever was.â€
That sentence does not indicate that Levin thinks McCarthy was a menace. What”
So now you’re debating the meaning of “is” – nice. If you wish to be that intellectually dishonest, help yourself pumpkin. I’m sorry you’re so scared to face the truth, but I forgive you of your cowardice. You can cut and run any time you like there pumpkin.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:39 pmColorado,
It was scripted. The ‘handler’ spoke to the wife, she burst out in tears leaving the courtroom, and in less than 10 minutes a full completed press release was flying out the door. It was like watching a bad school play.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:40 pmRepublicans claim to hate affirmative action, but, they have no elected blacks in their party leadership in the Senate and in Congress. The Democrats have dozens.
The party that hates affirmative action, that is placing someone into a position, can only point to 3 non-elected blacks to make their case. Condi Rice, Colin Powell and Clarence Thomas. Thomas is clearly the least qualified person on the supreme court.
-GOP-Group of Panderers
-GSD
January 16th, 2006 at 9:42 pmI should have said “party membership”.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:43 pmGSD,
Way too many republicans have no problems with welfare and quotas, just look at the K-Street project and its quotas and donation welfare. The difference is that they only welfare for those members of their party, class and social set instead of all americans. I just hope the more sane, balanced and rational voices left in america and on the moderate fringes of the republican party wake up and realize how much they’ve been lied to.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:43 pmWhat,
So, are you saying all people from the south, because of their history, are racists? An incredibly simple-minded argument.
Joseph McCarthy was a smear artist who played on people’s fears and hate. (This is well documented historical fact with reams and reams of supporting documents. If you do not have access to this information, What, I can provide you with links and hard copy) It is surprising that a faction of the republican party has adopted McCarthy’s tactics and even tried to revise history so as to change the criminal into a hero. Of course, anyone with a modicum of sense knows that such is not the case. What is undeniable is that the tactics that the republicans borrowed from McCarthy do work. It’s a house of cards, though, and just like with McCarthy, once the lie is exposed it comes crashing down around you.
Such is the reason for the avalanche of indictments and investigations occurring all about the republican machine. For those of you who feel the need to defend your “party” even though you already know better, you will get caught up in the avalanche. How honest, hard-working, and ethical americans can be so hateful, so anti-american, and so ignorant is beyond me. But don’t worry, I am certain that when the tide changes you will not be treated as badly as you attempted to treat everyone else.
At the end of the day, we are all americans and our first political priority should be to uphold our Constitution and the freedoms and liberties that make us great. As people, our first priority should be to love and care for one another. Hate has no room in my world.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:46 pmI can only imagine what rush had to say. Noble woman so insulted by these baseless attack on her husband. But, if this were a Clinton nominee he would say it was a tranparent attempt to manipulate the public. Honestly I didn’t really see any justification for the waterworks. Probably she had the wire in her back hooked up to rove that prompted her.
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January 16th, 2006 at 10:05 pmI can’t state this strongly enough: it all logical acrobatics designed to defend the indefensible. By any rational measure this administration has f’ed up big time. But the bush apologists twist it around with incredible logical finesse, truth be damned. The budget was balanced now its blown- 8-11.
January 16th, 2006 at 10:05 pmwe were misled into war- the rest of the world thought saddam had wmd (except the rest of the world didn’t say saddam was on the verge of a nuclear weapon, nor say that there sadam alqida ties). The list goes on. Listen to rush as long as you can stomach it. Read coulter as long as you can stand it or as long as she can hold her last meal down. It’s like playing a card game with a 4 year old that doesn’t know the rules, you can count on many authoritative pronouncements but they only faver one side.
um 9-11 not 8-11. Sorry eyes going.
January 16th, 2006 at 10:08 pm#88 Optimist,
January 16th, 2006 at 10:11 pmDon’t mind “What,” it’s just our old friend “w.w.a.l.l.a.c.e.”, a.k.a. “Why,” “N0Censorship,” a.k.a. N-0Censorship. I just call him Wally, after his first name w.w.a.l.l.a.c.e. He’s the “5 O’Clock Charlie†(for anyone who used to watch M*A*S*H*) of this blog. He never hits his target.
What,
January 16th, 2006 at 10:22 pmI repeat,
You are dyslexic.
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In other words you fail to comprehend the difference between right and left as well as up and down.
do not be so quick to rule out
January 16th, 2006 at 11:46 pmthe triangle and the meaning of the pyramids
till you yet look at gravitational wave source
as in the texts, old texts paralell the knowledge they had
then, they were as you may see, very close.
http://www.physics.montana.edu/lisa/LISA
Heres a LISA gravitational Time wave
Levine yet another forked tongued AEI-o-Con.
These guys are like working overtime to save their scrawy behinds.
This will doubtless be music to the ears of large segments of the American punditocracy, and to no one more than to Mark LeVine of the University of California at Irvine. Last summer LeVine declared in a widely-reprinted article: “It is time for the United States to declare a truce with the Muslim world, and radical Islam in particular.†He explained that “a truce (Arabic hudna), rather than an increasingly dangerous ‘clash of civilizations,’ is the only way to avoid a long, ultimately catastrophic conflict.â€
January 17th, 2006 at 2:36 amYeah right Levine whatever you SAY dude.
More double speak, AEI is really scraping the barrel…
FrontPageMagazine.com | December 7, 2004
LeVine acknowledged that “this may sound like a naive, even defeatist statement,â€
LeVine is a rising star of the academic Left. The Orange County Register gushed that he “has worked in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Egypt and North Africa†and that he “speaks Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, French and Italian. He can read German. He taught himself Farsi. He’s a religion scholar, so he’s fluent in the Bible and the Quran. He’s most notably educated in modern Middle Eastern history, in Islamic culture and on why globalization is complicating already complicated things.â€
American hawks, he says, have built a myth around Osama: “age-old clichés, truisms and convenient misconceptions about the Middle East and Islam have been wrapped around the persona of Osama bin Laden to drum up patriotism and beat down questioning voices.â€
Similarly, LeVine suggests that Israel has created Hamas — with no mention of the violent and absolutist jihadist sentiments expressed in Hamas’s charter, or of the suicide bombers whom Hamas celebrates as heroes for their murders of Israeli civilians: “Not just Palestinian activists, but foreign peace activists and even Israelis are routinely beaten, arrested, deported, or even killed by the IDF, with little fear that the Government of Israel would pay a political price for crushing non-violent resistance with violent means….Not surprisingly considering this dynamic, a poll I helped direct earlier this year revealed that Hamas has now surpassed the PLO as the most popular Palestinian political movement.â€
LeVine also writes, is substantive respect for these “mosquitoes†as actors in their own right in today’s great global drama
January 17th, 2006 at 2:48 amfor thy man that speaks extravagant
though shant listen to thy words
for thats a sign of imbalance
for the humbled man goeth quietly
should you meet ever one of these
men you should do well to debate him as friend
-Thoht Emerald Tablets
so Levine by Hawks, you mean Neo-cons?
That is a Chicken Hawk as well?
Do tell us all of this story about these Hawks.
American hawks, he says, have built a myth around Osama: “age-old clichés, truisms and convenient misconceptions about the Middle East and Islam have been wrapped around the persona of Osama bin Laden to drum up patriotism and beat down questioning voices.â€
January 17th, 2006 at 2:57 amand Neo-Hawk Myths? Oh My, isnt that I DARE say…
January 17th, 2006 at 3:00 amEgads that word is reserved for the Tin Foil Truth detectors like Rush. dare I say? Theory?
and the worms ate
January 17th, 2006 at 3:13 amthe neo-con rotten mind
lies here there, gone. run amok
they cannot keep them up
for lies slip out of your memory
ask a question a freudian slip
how easily they come from their lip
Mark LeVine…
Is not Mark Levin.
January 17th, 2006 at 6:41 amDemocrats still have communist sympathies. They aren’t all killers like Ted Kennedy, however.
Comment by What —
As a Democrat, I think it’s the Busheviks and big rightwing corporations like WalMart that have the Communist sympathies nowadays. After all, they have hocked much of the US debt and plenty of American jobs to China.
January 17th, 2006 at 7:23 amAs far killing goes, it is hardly a secret that Laura Welch Bush killed one of her high school classmates (possibly an ex-boyfriend) by running through a traffic light–a fact conveniently ignored by ightwing shills who bring up Ted Kennedy’s accident ad nauseam. And in reality, George Bush is responsible for more deaths than anyone of them by starting and continuing with a war of choice in Iraq, which had no WMD nor any connection with Al Qaeda at the time.
IT’S TRUE!! Ted Kennedy is a fascist slime-bag. AND you morons don’t even realize it – history will be brutal to the left. For not supporting America and sliming the judiciary branch.
January 17th, 2006 at 7:57 amhistory will be brutal to the left. For not supporting America and sliming the judiciary branch.
Comment by Tetra King #103
Trichomonas King,
By then we’ll have found an antibiotic that effectively neutralizes you…
January 17th, 2006 at 8:17 amBig Papa – you can’t dispute the argument. The left is in a last ditch effort to reclaim power. When the leader of your party is calling the House a plantation and appearing with someone like Harry Belafonte, you have problems. Your hatred will be your downfall. Meanwhile, the GOP will govern.
But don’t worry, George Clooney likes you!
January 17th, 2006 at 8:20 amI guess there are many more people out there who also read Coulter (like G. Ruppert) who think McCarthy was a patriot.
Comment by Gregor Samsa #28
No Gregor,
Even more tragic, there are people out there who think COULTER is a patriot!
January 17th, 2006 at 8:20 amThey are an attack on Ted Kennedy, and an effort to remold the American opinion of Joseph McCarthy. This is yet agian a good example of how out of control the right is, always willing to defame and smear anyone who they think is getting in thier way.
Comment by Krazny #34
Time to kill it (politically and philosophically) BEFORE it gets any bigger!
January 17th, 2006 at 8:23 amI disagree with associating McCarthy’s tactics with sleaze and with claiming that McCarthy was a menace.
I do agree with saying that Ted Kennedy is a liberal smear artist.
Comment by Gary Ruppert #54
Scary Pookbutt,
Why don’t you go and try those gas pellets out (on yourself) to see if they’re the right potency…
…and take WhatKindash*theadisthis with ya’…
January 17th, 2006 at 8:28 am#106 – Ted Kennedy has done everything he has accused McCarthy of doing. AND he does it in the name of liberalism. AND Kranzy – Ted Kennedy murdered a woman and you are worried that the right is re-shaping opinion. I hope history has mercy on his supporters because I won’t. You people are slime and will be treated that way.
January 17th, 2006 at 8:32 amIn the true McCarthy spirit of honest debate and tolerance, I give you The National Review’s tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Comment by Fight the power #71
Wow, National Review- that paragon of journalistic integrity…
After reading that I feel so wedded to the cause of right wing, racist fanaticism…
Thanks Fight the power!
January 17th, 2006 at 8:37 amLet’s not forget that the governments in the South that instituted Jim Crow segregation laws were Democrats…
Comment by What #73
Yo Whatafu*kup,
Tell the WHOLE STORY
…who later became today’s republiscum party when they disagreed with Johnson’s advocacy of the civil rights and voting rights acts (1964-65 I believe it was)…
You misinforming piece of gecko sh*t…
January 17th, 2006 at 8:41 amIT’S TRUE!! Ted Kennedy is a fascist slime-bag. AND you morons don’t even realize it – history will be brutal to the left. For not supporting America and sliming the judiciary branch.
Comment by Tetra King — January 17, 2006 @ 7:57 am
Please first make up your mind whether Ted Kennedy is a Communist or a Fascist. And in actuality, it is the religious right and the Busheviks who have been sliming the judiciary with programs like “Justice Sunday” and reckless statements like Senator Cornyn’s “understanding” of why some judges get shot at.
January 17th, 2006 at 8:45 amAs for supporting America, invading countries that never attacked the US is not the way to do this. Bush, in fact, has not only alienated many of the US’s traditional allies (I know this for sure from spending considerable time overseas) but has also ended up becoming the greatest recruiter for Muslim insurgents. Representative Murtha, who is now being slimed by the Busheviks, actually knows something about fighting in foreign lands and has also been regularly visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals, unlike the chickenhawk Bush administration.
I won’t stoop to insulting “morons” by calling you one, TK.
Big Papa – you can’t dispute the argument. The left is in a last ditch effort to reclaim power.
Comment by Tetra King #105
Trichomonas King,
Yeah, I guess you’re right, we Progressives are in our “last throes”…
…kinda like those insurgents in Iraq your assistant Fuhrer L’il Dick told you about…
You freakin’ inbreds’ll eat anything those criminal bastiches and beeotches in the White House sh*t out won’t you?
January 17th, 2006 at 8:45 amI hope history has mercy on his supporters because I won’t. You people are slime and will be treated that way.
Comment by Tetra King #109
Ooooh Trichomonas King,
I can’t wait for you to hit the streets with those “smart” weapons of yours…
Hurry up, the anticipation is driving me to distraction…
January 17th, 2006 at 8:49 amEven after reading Tetra Kings posts, I am sure what and Gary would still accuse us of being filled with hate.
January 17th, 2006 at 9:37 am#109 Yes, merciless, that is exactly how one would describe your type. Just like Jesus, right? Treat people like scum; you are indeed a good christian and your humanity is overwhelming.
Is that what they teach in church?
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January 19th, 2006 at 6:31 pmGreat comments coming from the tolerant left. I’ve seen more tolerance coming from islamic terrorists than the left. Matter of fact, the lib left ARE terrorists.
January 19th, 2006 at 6:51 pmThanks all, for the free PR.
January 19th, 2006 at 7:01 pmbig papa, please tell me you’re not black and believe what you wrote…
You have a lot of reading to do.
January 19th, 2006 at 7:03 pmOh, I forgot… by the way Teddy dated McCarthy’s sister and the Kennedys were friends with the McCarthy’s… google it.
January 19th, 2006 at 7:11 pm