What a pathetic cry for attention.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/21/american-conservative-mag_n_77943.html
Nevertheless, dressing him as a nazi is a little too much. Putting him in drag is more than enough.
I don’t see this ‘garb’ taking over private industry for the good of the people. I don’t see this ‘garb’ separating people and redistributing land and resources based on race or ethnic heritage. I don’t see this garb dictating all workers what they produce and to whom they distribute it to. I don’t see this garb seizing all media.
Sorry, but the word fascist is thrown around so much, I think people forgot what fascism really is.
Giuliani’s tendency to conflate all terrorist groupsRight. What we need is a more NUANCED approach to terrorism.
Giuliani validates Cindy Sheehan on why we fight.
I agree. They may be impressing each other with how cute they are, but they will turn off the voting public.
“I had forgotten that while U.S. attorney in New York, Giuliani tried to close the PLO’s New York office. As mayor, he made headlines in 1995, when he had Arafat ejected from a concert at Lincoln Center. “
I have steadfastly opposed Rudy, but the above comment made me rethink.
Rudy is first and foremost a prosecutor who believes in a living document interpretation of ALL existing laws.
This was shown again and again in his tenure as mayor of NYC, from his obscene abuse of civil forfeiture laws on vehicles, abuse of zoning laws, abuse of arcane outdated cabaret laws, abuse of building inspector regulations to pressure targeted companies, and his attempt to abuse land use laws.
He has shown a consistent, long term, well stated, self affirmed, firmly held belief that 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendment Rights are negotiable privileges owned by the state power that is controlled by him, and all means to the end of Guiliani accomplishing the goals of the state that Guiliani deems appropriate can and will be attempted.
There is a clear line of reasoning regarding Guiliani’s record of abusing zoning and land use, civil forfeiture law, his overall beliefs in state controlled urban land management, and his campaign spiel to label him a statist. Is he a fascist? I don’t think he cares about industry as long as the industry pays their taxes so he can push his agenda.
[cue Mike Myers as Linda Richman]
“The American Conservative Magazine is neither American nor conservative. Discuss.”
This guy is part of the “rabid” anti-war far-right apparently.
There’s another loon at San Diego State (IIRC)...
They are convinced that because *a small part* of neocon philosophy derived from Trotsky they are all commies.
They then combine this with the Bush is a Nazi swill in order to take an even more radical position.
They align themselves with antiwar.com and that jackass Justin Raimondo, Indymedia, along with nutters like Alex Jones.
American Conservative is a relatively obscure mag that represents “paleoconservative” views and hates “neocons.”
“Had I been more attentive over the years, I might have been less surprised by the mayor’s hard-line neoconservative stance. I had forgotten that while U.S. attorney in New York, Giuliani tried to close the PLO’s New York office. As mayor, he made headlines in 1995, when he had Arafat ejected from a concert at Lincoln Center. In a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition this fall, Rudy pointed to this incident as emblematic of his leadership style: “I didn’t hesitate, like Hillary Clinton hesitates to answer questions on what she’s going to do about Iran. I didn’t seek to negotiate with him, like Barack Obama would do or says he’d do with these people. I didn’t call for a team of lawyers to help me. ... I just made a decision. See, I lead. That’s what [being a] leader is about.”
THIS is what a “conservative” magazine is bashing Giuliani for?! Giuliani should be more like Hillary or Obama — is that the conservative message?!
The author, Michael C. Desch, is a terrorist apologist.
Read his other opinions.
Here is one:
“Indeed, on the eve of the 2000 Camp David talks, the Palestinians had legitimate grounds to be disillusioned with the Oslo process. Israel had spent much of the previous seven years pursuing peace with Jordan and Syria rather than working consistently with the Palestinians. While pushing Arafat to come to Camp David to reach a final settlement, Barak simultaneously backed away from Israel’s obligations to undertake a third redeployment of Israeli forces in the Occupied Territories, transfer three Arab villages bordering Jerusalem to Palestinian control, and release a significant number of Palestinian prisoners. From the Palestinians’ point of view, Barak’s willingness to withdraw from Lebanon and unwillingness to fulfill Israel’s obligations to them was indicative of Israel’s shaky commitment to a fair, lasting peace. “
http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/review.html
I just realized (from reading another article) that “The American Conservative” is PAT BUCHANAN’s publication. As we all know, he is against the Wot, the war on Iraq, and thinks we should sit in “Fortress America”.
“Scott McConnell founded The American Conservative with Pat Buchanan and Taki Theodoracopulos in 2002.”
http://www.amconmag.com/aboutus.html
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/seton-motley/2007/12/20/american-conservative-adolf-giuliani
Desch is a member of the Saudi Lobby, having his professorship funded by former members of ARAMCO.