Posted on 09/24/2001 9:18:38 PM PDT by Fury
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:03:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
What a difference 10 months make. Last November I broke the unwritten rule that requires journalists to be neutral political observers when I got embroiled in the controversy over the presidential election and publicly supported Al Gore.
It was not just with friends that I passionately argued the election had been stolen and that Mr. Gore would be the better president. I was one of the signatories to the pompously titled "Emergency Committee of Concerned Citizens 2000," which took full-page ads in the New York Times demanding a revote in Palm Beach County, Fla. I wrote op-eds for Salon.com and the New York Daily News. On television talk shows from MSNBC to Fox News's popular "The O'Reilly Factor," I made the case for Mr. Gore. In thousands of e-mails, I urged voters to deluge Clay Roberts, director of Florida's Division of Elections, with appeals for a recount.
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At least I can still get back into the reserves. Paperwork should be complete by the end fo the week :)
A questionable premise, IMHO, but it was definitely Emerson. Consistency is only a problem if you're wrong to begin with.
A questionable premise, IMHO, but it was definitely Emerson. Consistency is only a problem if you're wrong to begin with.
You're kidding. Right?
They would only take Posner's epiphany as proof they were right...",
Actually, from personal experience Posner isn't the only former liberal Democrat who is eating his words. Just tonite we got off the phone with my lesbian/liberal/pro-abortion/pro-big government/new age-y SIL. She couldn't stop talking about how impressed she was with President Bush. She went on and on about how his speech made her "feel". Typical liberal, but at least she is seeing the light. Just wish she'd see the light on other matters as well.
Yup, and ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC...
I'll really fall over when ultra-libs like Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin or Babs Streisand write an article like this! (I won't hold my breath over THAT one!)
Big shock. This unwritten rule has been broken repeatedly for the past 40 years by 90 percent of the journalists out there.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson--1841
The word "foolish" is often left out, but without it, the entire meaning is changed.
"Great men are not chosen president, firstly, because great men are rare in politics; secondly, because the method of choice does not bring them to the top; thirdly, because they are not, in quiet times, absolutely necessary."
The logical corollary to Bryce's observation is that in times of strife and trouble ... great men are absolutely necessary. IMO, George W. Bush is the perfect person to wage this war for the survival of our little American experiment. This campaign, this vital ongoing mission, will require methodical planning and execution; comprehensive detail to relentless political, economic and military engagements; the management of continually shifting diplomatic alliances; and the dedication, experience and talent of a wise, courageous and righteous leadership team that garners the complete trust of the American people. Bush. Powell. Cheney. Rumsfeld. Rice. Ridge. Ashcroft. Chertoff. George W. Bush is the only statesman on the American scene who can put a war team like this together, and have a chance to ensure that America emerges victorious from this mortal threat to our social and political foundation. I trust THIS group to wage an international AND DOMESTIC war for our political survival with the greatest honor and respect for the sanctity of our individual liberties.
The usual myopic simpletons here will continue to hysterically hyperbolize and rail against proposed domestic security measures that may be necessary to ensure our ongoing survival. If a National I.D. card will serve to ferret out illegal interlopers living among us and dedicated to our destruction - then let's do it. I need an ID card to get into Sam's Club for God's sake. A Cabinet Department dedicated to "Homeland Security" ... it's about damned time. As usual from these folks, the vitriol and angst is directed at Bush for what they envision he will do, not for what he proposes. There is a difference between our necessary vigilence to protect our Constitutional rights - and the unfounded paranoia that paralyzes one from acting to ensure one's survival.
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