tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post4262309210113636563..comments2023-10-09T03:51:11.915-07:00Comments on Hot Blava: Coarse PoliticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-17875623436231117432009-09-23T16:42:03.622-07:002009-09-23T16:42:03.622-07:00If those are the meanest things Republicans have s...If those are the meanest things Republicans have said in the last month, then you've only advanced my argument, along with Mr. Blankley's. <br /><br />If you call the monkey joke racist, then you didn't get the joke. Maddow is creating a straw man here. Those who insist on seeing racial overtones where they weren't intended only hurt the cause of improving race relations. You can only cry wolf so many times...<br /><br />The "death panels" remark isn't hateful. It is spin. It might irritate you, and you might disagree with it, but it isn't in the same ballpark as the personal insults and attacks that regularly emanate from major leaders of the Democratic party.<br /><br />We hear the hateful remarks on the left and right fringes of debate. It just appears that the leaders on the left seem more willing to parrot that rhetoric than the leaders on the right. It would be cool if our leaders in Washington would rise above the fray a bit more frequently. Probably too much to ask, but a guy can dream...Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-9764903458078874872009-09-23T15:30:36.032-07:002009-09-23T15:30:36.032-07:00One more, but again there are too many to post all...One more, but again there are too many to post all the links: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/22/785226/-Roy-Blunt-taking-heat-for-jungle-monkey-parable" rel="nofollow">Roy Blunt taking heat for 'jungle monkey' parable</a>rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-24293048044663325032009-09-23T15:14:42.362-07:002009-09-23T15:14:42.362-07:00OK, here's one example: In Hong Kong, Palin Ag...OK, here's one example: <a href="http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/in-hong-kong-palin-again-defends-death-panels.php?ref=fpc" rel="nofollow">In Hong Kong, Palin Again Defends 'Death Panels'</a>rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-7897477414780399382009-09-23T14:35:43.245-07:002009-09-23T14:35:43.245-07:00Those Democratic statements referenced above were ...Those Democratic statements referenced above were far from "incendiary" in the original words. Blankley simply re-worded them.<br /><br />Meanwhile, we have supposedly respectable Republican elected officials questioning whether the President is an American citizen, stating that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created no jobs at all, or claiming all kinds of nonsense about the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) and the various health care reform bills.<br /><br />There are too many examples to even start citing them one by one. Blankley is ignoring the Republican campaign of hate and disinformation, while focusing on a few Democrats who spoke out in reaction to the Republicans.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-16992178622917721002009-09-23T13:41:02.310-07:002009-09-23T13:41:02.310-07:00No, Blankley's main point still stands. In my ...No, Blankley's main point still stands. In my observations, you are far more likely to hear incendiary things from Democratic leaders than you are to hear it from Republican leaders. I know there are exceptions, but the trend seems clear to me. Blankley's list from the past few weeks is a good illustration of that trend.Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-79125927736686570752009-09-23T08:15:23.597-07:002009-09-23T08:15:23.597-07:00Oops, that was supposed to say, "shooting bla...Oops, that was supposed to say, "shooting blanks."rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-6354627182219836522009-09-23T08:14:46.829-07:002009-09-23T08:14:46.829-07:00Of course, the people with the racist and Nazi sig...Of course, the people with the racist and Nazi signs are just taking their cue from Republican elected officials and right-wing radio and TV commentators.<br /><br />Blankley is hooting blanks.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.com