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Why I'm Betting On Barack Obama's Victory
The New Republic ^
| July 10, 2008
| Bernard-Henri Lévy
Posted on 07/11/2008 5:33:29 PM PDT by Cincinna
There are unknowns, of course.
The persona of John McCain is already in play and it would be wrong to underestimate him. The man is remarkable, surprising in his opposition to torture and Guantanamo, audacious when he challenged the economic policies of the two Bush administrations. And isn't it said that Democrat John Kerry considered for a time asking this unconventional conservative to share the ticket with him?
Then there is also the American art of "junk politics," especially as practiced by the Republicans, and its unpredictable, often devastating effects. When will the below-the-belt stuff begin? On what Internet site will the first photomontages appear of Barack Obama tricked up as a radical Islamist? How many other pastors à la Jeremiah Wright will we see paraded out by "527s," groups on the fringes of the principal parties that are allowed, without bearing any moral or financial responsibility, to launch all kinds of slanderous campaigns?
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bhl; france; obama; sarkozy
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To: Cincinna
Interesting story about BHL.
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posted on
07/12/2008 3:44:28 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Democrats got THEIR "change" in Election 2006. Are WE better off now?)
To: Cincinna
He's quite the fop:
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posted on
07/12/2008 4:02:48 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Cincinna
When I was a young man in school, Latin was for the smarter kids. I was not one of them. To my regret.
Latin is much too hard and “antiquated” for todays children. Not to mention being “too white”.
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posted on
07/12/2008 6:26:35 AM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
To: Cincinna
Bernard-Henri Lévy is the best example of an aristocratic LOSER
This guy is a total nut.
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posted on
07/12/2008 11:09:45 AM PDT
by
drzz
To: Cincinna
Then there is also the American art of "junk politics," especially as practiced by the Republicans Some examples of below the belt politics as practiced by republicans:
- That horrid commercial where a girl supposed to be James Bird's daughter accused George Bush's politics as the same as Bird's horrid murder ... saying how it feels like re-killing her father over and over and over.
- Those last second leaks that George Bush had been arrested for DUI when he was 18 just days prior to the 2000 election.
- Those faked letter that supposedly showed Bush was AWOL during his National Guard stint and hinted it was because of cocaine abuse.
- Comments about how a woman who accused Clinton of unethical behavior (subsequently substantiated) was just trailer trash trawling for a a buck.
- Leaks from unnamed sources that trashed the reputation and careers of Bob Livingston
- Endless portrayals of Newt Gingrich as a heartless scum who wanted to sneak into your kinds rooms and put a pillow over their faces while they slept, including the one characterizing him as "the Gingrich that stole Christmas".
Well, those were all done by Democrats but when you think about it, Republicans do play a role in this stuff ... they are the victim of it! I'm so sick of the left just throwing it out there that they practice a style of noble and clean politics and have to fight off smear tactics from the right. Sheesh!
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posted on
07/12/2008 12:07:57 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: Cincinna
IMHO, it is Latin that should be required in schools again.I agree. I went to high school in a small town in the midwest in the early 60s - two years of Latin was a required college prep course. It's the basis for most English words, and is a great mental discipline.
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posted on
07/12/2008 6:38:43 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: drzz
Bernard-Henri Lévy us about as far from an aristocrat as one can get. Being an elotist is a state of mond, not birth.
He is just another short little fop in a Puffy Shirt. I guess he does want to be a pirate.
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posted on
07/13/2008 12:25:15 AM PDT
by
Cincinna
To: FlingWingFlyer
And evidently also without the writing talent of Alexis de Tocqueville or the admiration for America.
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posted on
07/13/2008 12:33:40 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(shamelessly stealing clever FReeper lines without attribution!)
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