Jumping the Gun: Why the National Review Editors Need to Chll Out

American Digest ^ | July 22, 2004 | Gerard Van der Leun

[sevry]

Butt out! MYOB!

Are you trying to tell me, as a fellow forum member, where to post, and what to post?

[sevry]

The idea that we should allow false premise after false premise to be set (by not responding early) - I just don't understand -

I do. It would correspond with a 'seminar caller' approach, if you ever listen to Rush. They offer advice. Hold off. Take the 'high road'. And he says - don't you believe 'em.

It's bad enough that the GOP slavishly follow the DC and NYC press around. I guess they feel trapped, that there is no escape for them from the reporters. But, for instance, today at the announcement of what seems almost a non-story in this final 911 report, the President congratulated both men (who may be in trouble, in future, over this Sandy 'Pants' stuff, we'll see), didn't take questions, turned and walked away. I thought that's a good way to do it.

[nopardons]

How old are you?

And yes,that is salient and germain to this "discussion".

I am NOLT "baiting" nor making "personal attacks",but you're wasting bandwidth and attempting to engage in a juvenile "fight"; not to mention the fact that you are answering for a poster,with a nic other than sevry .

This is ennui inducing.

[hobson]

I bet she's a lurker.

[nopardons]

neener,neener,neener.........

A moose once bit the sister of a FREEPER.

Brie or Swiss?

[nopardons]

I bet she is too.

And that's a very good thing! :-)

[Billthedrill]

Sage advice, no doubt, but the metaphor's a little thin for my taste. In the first place, no accomplished duellist takes a head shot, however patient, and that should apply to politics as well. In the second, duels only happen when both sides agree to the rules. When the other side says it intends to cheat, cheats, crows about cheating, and then accuses you of cheating in response to your objections, the proper response is, IMHO, to pick up the nearest ballbat and have at it. So much for politesse; politics is, at its worst, described as a blood sport but is merely bloody.

Mind you, it is extremely rich to see party zealots who have been spending four years and considerable sums of money systematically defaming Bush to now make a shocked observation that things are turning strident. They are not; what is happening is that a beating is turning into a fight. Too bad for the bullies.

[Petronski]

I think you missed the point.

On reread: Wow, I sure did.

<ChrisFarley> I hate it when that happens. </ChrisFarley>

[nopardons]

That's okay,we all misread something at least once in our FREEPER lives.

At least it was a friend who told you. :-)

[dasein64]

That is what happened alright. To this day, we have not gotten an explanation for that non-campaign. Our current Pres Bush has come this far without flagging and I know he will continue to fight hard for all of us. The RNC needs to understand that the troops need to see their leaders putting up a good fight. We have reason to be concerned based on past experience with Bush one as well as the Dole candidacy.

[POA2]

But, for instance, today at the announcement of what seems almost a non-story in this final 911 report, the President congratulated both men (who may be in trouble, in future, over this Sandy 'Pants' stuff, we'll see), didn't take questions, turned and walked away. I thought that's a good way to do it.

Well, I agree today GWB handled that fine - but that is in no way what I am talking about - I am talking about not responding from OCT 2003 until March 2004 -

While the DEM's and the media continually lied about the state of the economy - continually spun negative economic news - continually lied about "why" we went to war in Iraq - continually lied about "what GWB said, about why we went to war in Iraq" - Continually lied about the WMD equation of Iraq, etc, etc -

This while the WH sat back and said hardly nothing - just allowed false premise after false premise to find its way into the heads of middle-america (the sheeple part that is).

Also the WH sat back and allowed the DEM's to raise over $100 million for 527's ....while the GOP and WH raised nothing for ours -

[Damagro]

This sounds supisciously like the same game plan used by George Bush, Sr. in '92.


92 was lost inside the Astrodome. The party was split by Buchanan and the convention came accross as quite ugly infighting.The Dims are split this year.I can't wait to see the antics of the Deaniacs

[theophilusscribe]

She is awewsome! Oh yeah, this is about to get way better!!

[NYCVirago]

How will it be reported? "Patriotic Americans gassed by jackbooted Republican thugs."

If anybody is wondering how the protests at the RNC convention can be sanitized and whitewashed by the media, they should take a look at the media coverage of any gay rights parade.

[Mister Baredog]

But the press won't clear much of it up, themselves. Why not . . the GOP? What's wrong with asking for that? I don't see a problem

Strategery at work. IMHO.