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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.


41 posted on 07/12/2008 3:44:28 AM PDT by syriacus (Democrats got THEIR "change" in Election 2006. Are WE better off now?)
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To: Cincinna
He's quite the fop:


42 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.)
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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”.


43 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)
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To: Cincinna

Bernard-Henri Lévy is the best example of an aristocratic LOSER

This guy is a total nut.


44 posted on 07/12/2008 11:09:45 AM PDT by drzz
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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:

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!

45 posted on 07/12/2008 12:07:57 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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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.

46 posted on 07/12/2008 6:38:43 PM PDT by hsalaw
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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.


47 posted on 07/13/2008 12:25:15 AM PDT by Cincinna
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To: FlingWingFlyer
And evidently also without the writing talent of Alexis de Tocqueville or the admiration for America.
48 posted on 07/13/2008 12:33:40 AM PDT by allmendream (shamelessly stealing clever FReeper lines without attribution!)
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