Frank Rich’s report (below) that some Republicans are now praising the guy who flew his plane into an IRS office building, burned down his home, leaving his family without either home or support, makes one wonder what is happening to this party. I recall a time when it was filled with honest and decent people such as Robert A. Taft:
<a href=” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft”>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft</a>
It now seems to be permeated with liars, smearers, and as this suicide incident indicates, nut cases.
If Obama is given the opportunity, he will presumably call this junk for what it is. But our media too often only gives us fragments that distort the facts or play lies as though they were valid ‘opinions’.
As one trained in philosophy who taught it for my lifetime of work, I am appalled. There are many ways to make big bucks. I looked at those and concluded that they were not for me — save us from the greedies who would destroy their own families to make a dishonest buck.
Humanity, I guess, is divided between our psychopaths and those who care for others — with a mix between the two extremes. I hope that the former do not take us over and destroy our democracy and the lives but all except the super rich in the process.
This country is in very precarious shape, thanks to the Republican dominance of things since the time of Reagan.
Where we are headed next is a damned scary business!
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The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged
By FRANK RICH
Violent invective, once largely confined to blogs and talk
radio, is now spreading among Republicans in public office
or aspiring to it.
<a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28rich.html?th&emc=th”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28rich.html?th&emc=th</a>
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“A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope.” (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
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Ed Kent [blind copies]
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackRich is correct. And it’s time we banished Palin, Beck and their ilk to Canada – so that the rest of us can stop threatening to move there:
http://bit.ly/ahQTbl
(satire)
Rod Blagojevich-Charlie Rangel-Nancy Pelosi-Barney Frank-Chris Dodd-Chuck Schumer-Diane Feinstein-Maxine Waters-Bill Richardson-Alcee Hastings.The list goes on and on. Honesty and moral character. Sorely missing from the agenda driven Progressive Democrats in control of the government.
Aren’t you mixing oranges and apples here?
No, he is showing your article for the hypocrisy that it is.
You want to talk about apples and oranges? You attempted to draw a parallel between one deranged whack-job, who had just as many liberal beliefs as conservative ones in his writings, to all conservatives and the republican party as a whole. Republican leaders had never met with or agreed with this nut job whatsoever, but you want to relate his actions and beliefs to them??
Oh, but let me guess…we’re still not supposed to relate the words of Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, Tony Rezko, or Rashid Khalidi to Obama…though he has met with them on numerous occasions and maintains close relations.
Hypocrisy, thy name is liberal
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