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To: mvpel

I’m sure there are such passages in the rulebook for the British parliament and Israeli Knesset as well. But people there are not afraid to be heard.


49 posted on 09/11/2009 5:36:57 AM PDT by beagleone
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To: beagleone

http://alincolnblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-lincoln-and-political-decorum.html

And it is here that critics who draw a sharp contrast between the legacy of Lincoln and the current Republican party have a point. Mr. Wilson and others of his ilk can be as ill-mannered as they wish (though personally I think such tactics may well prove counterproductive in the long run). What they should not do, however, is press their rancor so far that it undermines public confidence in the republic itself. Little by little, the people who talk darkly of Obama’s “un-American” spirit, who claim he is destroying the foundations of the republic, who pursue silly red herrings like his birth status, and yes, those who ignore long-standing and cherished traditions which hold that there is a certain level of respect to be afforded to the President whenever he speaks—like the slow drip-drip of Chinese water torture, they are damaging democracy.


50 posted on 09/11/2009 6:03:41 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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