Posted on 09/01/2008 5:48:29 AM PDT by ricks_place
In a famous example of ideological flexibility, the American Communist Party changed its mind completely about Adolph Hitler in 1939, when he signed a deal with Joseph Stalin. Previously, they hadn't cared for him much. Suddenly, he looked pretty good. Two years later, when Hitler ratted on the deal and invaded the Soviet Union, the Communists changed their minds again. Both times, it took only days.
Now, thanks to the Internet, the same kind of conversion can take place in hours or even minutes. And although it's hard to find many Communists around these days, we happen to have just the party for the job.
It seems like only yesterday that the Republican Party was complaining about Barack Obama's lack of foreign policy "experience." (As a matter of fact, when I started writing this, it actually was yesterday.) Even now, the Republican National Committee's main anti-Obama Web site has the witty address http://www.notready08.com. The contrast in experience, especially foreign policy experience, between John McCain and Obama was supposed to be the central focus of McCain's campaign.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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Nothing like starting out your editorial comparing Republicans to the American Communist Party and Hitler.
Sorry, couldn’t finish reading. Maybe I’ll come back later for a laugh.
LOL! One well known communist group in California immediately changed their name from the "Anti-Nazi League" to the "Hollywood Peace Forum" and quickly adopted the slogan "Let's Skip The Next War!". True story. Look up author Ronald Radosh for lots more on the Hollywood Left.
A flimsy premise for an article, imho. But hey, they don’t have much to work with.
Oh, this is good... a typical inside-the-beltway liberal pundit comparing McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin (who has NO experience) with Joe Stalin’s reversing his decision on his alliance with Hitler and the Nazis.
Yeah, Michael, that’s a great analogy. Why don’t you promote that on NPR and CNN. I’m sure it will gather a following.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Exactly.
The left still doesn’t get it.
It’s not “experience”, as in “time in tenure” that we’re talking about, it’s “experience” as in “accomplishments”.
Counting the time in office for Obama as a whole is ridiculous, since he’s been campaigning for 2 years. But looking at his life...the past 20 years...what has he DONE? What has he accomplished??
Nothing.
Except write a couple of self-aggrandizing autobiographies.
Sarah Palin on the other hand, made a difference and has a list of accomplishments she can showcase. And she’s not even Obama’s competition! Now contrast the accomplishments of McCain with Obama...and then McCain/Palin with Obama/Biden.
It’s not even close.
Lost credibility right there. Everything else in meaningless.
“Palin has run a business, a city, and the State of Alaska. All Obama has run is his mouth.” - Mark Steyn.
LOL...look in the mirror lately skippy? Or how about just looking at your nominee.
I find it fairly easy to find Communists these days. They just call themselves demoncrats!
We have a governor who fought corruption in her own party and state government, cleaning up the state in only two years, and we have a senator from the corrupt Chicago machine who spent two years doing little more than voting “present.”
Of course, nevermind that the Dems did not think experience mattered last week, and now they do.
I am pleased, though, that they have undertaken an attack on Palin’s experience, because it invites a comparison with Obama’s experience, and it’s not at all clear that Obama has even as much experience as Palin has. In effect, the attack on Palin highlights Obama’s weakness.
In addition, it lowers expectations. Hopefully, Palin will impress in the debates, given the low bar that has been established.
I don't understand why press folks don't tell pols to answer the f'in question, ever, but I suspect the real problem is that the opposition research had turned up lots of "dirt" on more experienced pubbies, which is why we on are side are also getting a bit tired of them, but didn't have much they could actually use on Palin and the stuff they were making up was blowing up in their faces.
Just a guess.
Please repeat the truth at any given opportunity.
He has a writing style only a mother could love.
As soon as you start to talk about the specifics, what has Obama done and what has Palin done, it's so one-sided that they wouldn't dare cover them both in the same editorial.
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