Is this the kind of country you want? A letter to my Republican friend. ---(hurl alert)

The Crisis Papers ^ | 12.1.03 | tuckrdout

[tuckrdout]

I know this is a few weeks old. I just ran across it. But, it deserves an answer. Would love for you all to write this fellow and give him a real education! email: crisispapers@aol.com

[freedomcrusader]

Such mutual incivility is more than acutely unpleasant, it strikes at dates to the foundation of our republic.

[MJY1288]

Typical liberal, he starts off trying to assure himself a civil reply by pointing out the names used by the extreme left and right and then goes off on a factually inaccurate tirade that ranks with the worst of the worst. Sorry Mr. Liberal, That Dog wont hunt

[CyberCowboy777]

I hate condescending jerks.

He basically states that he has a well-rounded and experienced life view and his conservative friend has a selfish limited view.

He makes assumptions that he does not backup with facts. (Cheney has do what exactly that we need to hold him responsible for?)

And he neglects to mention that it is the Liberal left that has initiated the "I hate Bush" campaign.

BTW - For a guy that loves the founding documents he was sure to ignore his hate for the 2nd.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...At no time in my memory, or yours, I suspect, has the rivalry between the two major parties been more mean-spirited and poisonous...

WRONG!

It is almost completely one sided. The screeching howler monkees of the left curse and bark like the psychopathic monsters that they are and the wimpy spinless garbage eating pubs lick their feet.

Where the hell is Preston Brooks when you need him?

[dighton]

These people are full of it.

Look at the second item linked on this page of the crisis papers. So much for "civility."

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...The right wing has repudiated our tradition of civic friendship, and instead regards its political opponents as “traitors.”...

Civic friendship to traitors is treason itself.
All of the dems and 80% of the pubs are traitors.

[Nateman]

At no time in my memory, or yours, I suspect, has the rivalry between the two major parties been more mean-spirited and poisonous.

He must of been alseep during the Clinton years. Too many wrongs after this first one to take anything he says seriously.

[wizardoz]

Dear Ernest:

Everytime your type gets into a position of power, the mass graves start to appear. You bet your ass I hate your guts. I wish you'd burst into flames.

Sincerely, Wiz

[dighton]

Direct link, in case they move it. Raimondo's garbage.

[Skooz]

Well, I guess I can throw this out now:

[Billthedrill]

It's basically a pretty cover on a tired, soiled, dogeared copy of the same old misrepresentations and accusations. I note that the author seems to regard "progressive" as respectful of existing institutions. It isn't.

I've seen this tack on the part of the manipulators on the left so many times it's creaking at the knees by now. It's simply this - "you're not living up to your standards, and hence you're a hypocrite. I'll cite those standards long enough to support the accusation but I have no intention of living up to them myself." This line has been pretty hot stuff on campus for the last, oh, forty years or so, but it's a little long in the tooth for the open market.

[austingirl]

Where do you start with something this whacked? He mentions Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are not being responsible and accountable - but for what? He wants his investment portfolio from the Clintoon administration - the economy built on corporate fraud and that was a house of cards destined to collapse just in time for the next administration - the Clintoon economy stole from the future and we have paid for it with three years of retrenching in the markets.

I am not surprised the author is in academia and supported by tax dollars - what a maroon!

[tuckrdout]

Isn't it amazing that the man can not see his own arrogance at wanting to be called a "progressive"?! I would have to agree though. He wants to progress down a road to ruin...to the destruction on our constitution and our nation.

The last part of the letter is the most disgusting:

"When I reflect upon the political landscape today, and upon the dilemma faced by moderate Republicans such as yourself, I am reminded of the closing scene in the magnificent war drama, “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” Col. Nicholson (Alec Guinness), the commander of the British prisoners of war, becomes so personally invested in the project of building the bridge, that he forgets that he is assisting the enemy. Seeing the explosive charges set by the Allied saboteurs to destroy the bridge, he rushes down to the river to save the bridge and, upon encountering the British and American commandos, is suddenly shocked into a recognition of his authentic loyalties and duties. “My God,” he says, “what have I done?”

So, in closing, I must ask you: Wherein is your ultimate loyalty? To your party or to your country? If you reflect soberly on what has become of your party, on the full import of the crisis facing our country, and upon you duty as a conservative and as a patriot, I am confident that you will arrive at wise and just conclusion."

[My2Cents]

At no time in my memory, or yours, I suspect, has the rivalry between the two major parties been more mean-spirited and poisonous.

Who's fault is that? Which recent Democratic Administration invented the concept of "politics of personal destruction," and simply wasn't satisfied to beat an opponent at the polls, but had to rip their fingernails out in the process?

The entire Democratic Party is guilty of "projection" and "transference" -- ascribing to others what they themselves are most guilty of.

[tuckrdout]

Isn't it amazing that the man can not see his own arrogance at wanting to be called a "progressive"?! I would have to agree though. He wants to progress down a road to ruin...to the destruction on our constitution and our nation.

The last part of the letter is the most disgusting:

"When I reflect upon the political landscape today, and upon the dilemma faced by moderate Republicans such as yourself, I am reminded of the closing scene in the magnificent war drama, “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” Col. Nicholson (Alec Guinness), the commander of the British prisoners of war, becomes so personally invested in the project of building the bridge, that he forgets that he is assisting the enemy. Seeing the explosive charges set by the Allied saboteurs to destroy the bridge, he rushes down to the river to save the bridge and, upon encountering the British and American commandos, is suddenly shocked into a recognition of his authentic loyalties and duties. “My God,” he says, “what have I done?”

So, in closing, I must ask you: Wherein is your ultimate loyalty? To your party or to your country? If you reflect soberly on what has become of your party, on the full import of the crisis facing our country, and upon you duty as a conservative and as a patriot, I am confident that you will arrive at wise and just conclusion."

[general_re]

If these trends and conditions trouble you, then you are in agreement with this liberal...

"If only you'd admit I'm right about everything, we'd get along perfectly!" sez Ernest, the slowest and stupidest member of the Partridge Family. The one that was only brought out in public when the band started losing control of the crowd - his trick of biting the head off a live Raimondo was guaranteed to bring them back around...

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I prefer to call myself a “progressive.”
Too damned bad. That title implies progress, which does not exist under your ideology.

[CyberCowboy777]

With this as a mind set you really have to wonder why we don't win more often.

I blame the Alien Abductions really.

[tuckrdout]

Sorry for the double post!