Posted on 07/28/2004 1:30:14 PM PDT by oldtimer2
Esquire does not allow any posting of its content. Here is a link to the article, which is from a "liberal" author in a "liberal" magazine. His conclusions will surprise all Freepers.
This guy gets it. He seems scared that he gets it, but he gets it like few avowed liberals do.
Joe Wilson says "be very afraid." Thanks Joe, I am. Because idiots like you influence the policy of this nation without a thought to the very weight of the matters with which you meddle.
Great article, thanks for posting.
The man is eloquent. He deserves a wider audience if he has penetrating thoughts on a regular basis. ;^)
Excellent read. Good find, sir!
Interesting cross-pollenization of liberal and conservative feelings there. Also of note was the ability to dissassociate simple, visceral dislike from logic.
Resist the temptation to skip parts. The whole article is very insightful. :)
John-john will say they would try Scoobie Snacks...
What a couple of a$$holes... this time for real and for certain.
Bush may be an a$$hole as well on a private level. I've never met him and neither am I likely to so I am underqualified to make that determination. Accept for a few rather unConservative, unConstitutional things he's done... he's been a damn sight better President than Klinton was. He'll be a damn sight better President than Kerry or Nader would be.
That does not mean there isn't a lot of room for improvement.
Excellent read.
A good read is John C. Waugh's "Reelecting Lincoln - The Battle For the 1864 Presidency". Many parallels between then and now.
This is exactly the sort of liberal person we need to see more of in 14 weeks. Yes, he's probably going to have different opinions than most conservatives but he gets the big picture that terrorism and national security is the issue of today. You can't argue about jobs, stem cell research and gay marriage if you are dead. The fact that we have not suffered another attack has given us the luxury of debating these topics. The left's distaste of George Bush has clouded their conception of reality to the point they just don't get it any more and are willing to satisfy the whims of their indignation at the expense of American lives.
People also forget that Winston Churchill was a man hated by millions of Brits when he became PM in May 1940.
He was seen as an upper-class swine who had stupidly sacrificed thousands of soldiers uselessly at Gallipoli, and had his cavalry ride down innocent Englishman in the streets during 1920s protests.
Oh, and he drank.
And when the War was over, they voted him out.
The G*d* 24/7 media cycle has destroyed any broad interest in a historical perspective, except the most banal superficialities.
Good find!
Although the author professes his visceral hatred for Bush, he is at least capable of considering things that most other liberals seem to have decided to skate over, and I think he deserves a thoughtful reading for that reason. He is taking the question seriously (and he also seems to know a heck of a lot more about US history than most liberals).
That said, I still can't understand why liberals HATE Bush so much. It's a truly insane, out of contol hate, and nobody has ever been able to give me an adequate explanation for it. I found Clinton repulsive and embarrassing, and I could hardly wait for him to go away, but I never hated him; but liberals genuinely hate George Bush.
"The reason he will be difficult to unseat in November—no matter what his approval ratings are in the summer—is that his opponents operate out of the moral certainty that he is the bad guy and needs to be replaced, while he operates out of the moral certainty that terrorists are the bad guys and need to be defeated."
I think he nailed it.
Deep down, in that lengthy rumination, he has a kernel of an idea - that terrorism might actually be dangerous and we might have to keep killing people to stop it.
There’s a teeny-tiny lightbulb flickering and struggling to stay lit over that egg-head.
They started to hate Bush again after the 2002 elections when they lost seats in congress. I hate to say it, but it might simply be lust for power.
Joe Wilson, Al Gore, and Howard Dean, who collectively do not have a single constituent, have lead the liberals to take the bait.
In the end, the liberals *with* a constituency will take the fall, but what do JoeDaLiar Al and Howard care ? They're not going to loose a single vote because they don't have any voter!
I guess what I'm saying is it;s wrong to trust politicians who have no accountability to the people, and the left wing of the democrat party has a lot of explaining to do come November.
Great article...excellent post!
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