Posted on 09/30/2005 6:24:29 PM PDT by veronica
What a mess.
He didn't. A reporter asked a question about Bill Bennett, and near as I can tell, the White House looked beyond the reporter and his stupid question.
It is Amazing reading people on FREE REPUBLIC telling Bill he should watch what he says. The Hell with that. Speak your mind people, it will set you free. I Hate Liberals. That feels good, I am free.
He involved him when he said "the President believes ..."
Yes! The WH was wrong. Dumber almost than anything Bennett said because it gave credence to the slippery left.
Yeah? And?
How? The left has no credence or moral high ground from which to take this non-starter of an issue any further. I say non-starter because it took the left 2 days to get their act together. It's faux outrage, no matter what the White House says or doesn't say.
He was STILL saying that he believed aborting "every black baby in this country" would make the "crime rate would go down.”
Even though he opposed abortion.
I can't believe the contortions the author is going through to try to defend Bennett on this.
It was a stupid inflammatory thing to say.
Thank you!
I can't believe those who think this sort of rhetoric is perfectly OK for politicians or public officials.
So why involve the President in a no win situation if you can avoid it?
AMEN!!!
It was an assinine thing for a politician to say.
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He's not a politician, he is a philosopher. And, no, it was not assinine. It's about time that conservatives, no matter what the stripe, stopped worrying about what the other side says. I'm done w/liberals telling ME what to talk about. Political Correctness is done in my book. Tell it like it is. If you don't like the heat...... get out of the kitchen. Repubs need to get some SPINE.
If we have reached the absurd point where decent, honorable men like Bennett can't speak the un-PC truth about a "sensitive" issue such as the disproportionate crime rate for a certain minority group, then we may as well forget ever solving any of the nation's societal/cultural problems. The first step toward correcting a bad situation is admitting that there is a bad situation in need of correction.
The fact that a large number of people are offended by what Bill Bennett said in it's entirety, which was the truth by the way, is what bothers me the most. I frankly believe there are bigger fights to be won than to sit around, wring my hands, and wonder what the White House will say or do over something that was said on a radio show.
Ewwww! What an excellent reply!
Say it again, louder.
No hand wringing here. Something will come along to move it out of the spotlight and it will be forgotten.
My feelings exactly. The leftist baby-killers and sexual perverts can get away scot free with the most outrageous slander against conservatives, especially Christian conservatives, but we are taken to the woodshed for making a truthful statement that might offend the delicate sensibilities of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.
Enough of that nonsense, after this example of feigned outrage for cynical political purposes over an innocent remark by a decent man I'm ready to take off the gloves and fight these hypocrites tooth and nail for the soul of this nation. We conservatives aren't the people who are trying to force acceptance of outright infanticide under the euphemism of partial birth abortion on a nation which has consistently opposed that horrible, unGodly atrocity by a 75-25 margin. We aren't the people who are trying to force acceptance of blatant sexual deviancy and perversion on our society. We aren't the people who are trying to keep black Americans on the liberal political plantation in spite of the social, moral, and economic damage it is doing to the members of that group.
IOW, we aren't the immoral, dishonest, untruthful sector of American society, the liberals are. Why would we ever join that gang of hypocrites, libertines, and liars in condemning a good Christian conservative like Bill Bennett for speaking the non-PC truth? Get a grip people, and stop consorting with the enemy. Bennett did nothing wrong and has nothing to apologize for. Situational ethics are antithetical to true ethics, telling the truth is NEVER wrong but telling a lie is ALWAYS wrong and lies are the stock in trade of our leftist enemies.
Why is it a mess? I hope the brilliant and blunt Dr. Walter Williams chimes in on this matter. I think I know what he will say...
Bennett should NOT be one bit surprised that he is getting flamed over words taken out of context. That is what liberals do, pervert, lie, accuse, destroy, distort, enslave, play act, I could go on and on and on.
Liberals have no standards of morality, they are as "gods" and they "FEEL" good when they can destroy any who aspire to have morals.
But I heard he was using the Socratic for of argument to discuss a question posed by a caller. NOW REALLY , JUST HOW MANY IN THE MEDIA EVEN KNOW WHO SOCRATES WAS?
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