A Conspiracy So Vast

WSJ Opinion Journal ^ | 7/7/2003 | Dorothy Rabinowitz

[annyokie]

Duh. Alger Hiss.

[Deb]

Dorothy Rabinowitz is no conservative. She's an elderly, oldtime Democrat, but she looked into the injustices committed during the child molesting scandals of the 80s and exposed the frauds for the world to see.

Thru her incredible opinion pieces in the WSJ she alone is responsible for turning public opinion and freeing the families and individuals who were wrongly accused all over the country. For that she's my idol, but she's no conservative.

[Deb]

That's just what Coulter did. She used the Venona tapes as her proof. The mainstream press knows about the Venona tapes, but they'll never do any in depth reporting on either them or the Mikrokhin Archive. That's the whole reason Coulter wrote her book.

[cksharks]

Are you the reincarnation of lugnut?

[2iron]

Of course you are correct. Coulter will succeed in selling a lot of books and in tarring the rest of us conservatives. McCarthy was a loathsome figure. Coulter's sanity is in question.

[annyokie]

She (Aaann as AAAAAhnold) Makes me cringe. I could never be so vitriolic, and I am not tame, but she is indeed the MoDo of the Right.

[DPB101]

A Victor and a Seymour Rabinowitz testified at the executive sessions which were just released. Relatives of Dorothy?

[annyokie]

Read "Whittaker Chambers" by Sam Tannenbaum. "Just the facts, Sam."

[dark_lord]

Yes. I made those identical points on another thread earlier today here.

[dark_lord]

A good description of Ann is: acid tongued, rapier witted, and brass overies. But she fills a necessary role. Consider the following (as Bill Nye Science Guy would say): the American Socialists say "at least we aren't Communists", and the American Liberals say "at least we aren't Socialists" (though they really are). So from the liberal perspective, a garden variety conservative is a right winger. Ann Coulter provides some badly needed perspective. Her rhetoric is useful because the further out she goes, the more moderate conservatives look even to liberals. Plus she focuses the attention of the liberals so they are all baying after her while the regular conservatives focus on getting work done.

Plus, while she swings for the fences and so misses some of the time, overall she is correct. The Leftists are traitors, in that they are "adhering to their [the United States] Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

[RaceBannon]

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Goodness, you guys know the rules!!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Were there communists? Yes.

What do you mean were? Hillary is a communist who ordered her henchman to unlawfully obtain classified material, FBI records. Bill Clinton is a communist who sold secrets to China.

We need a Joe McCarthy today.

[RaceBannon]

So, you never read Annies book, nor did you read Mona Charon's book, either, did you?

The point in all this is: Were there communists in the US government at high levels, and Did McCarthy expose the actual Communists? And the answer is yes.

And the additional questions is: Did FDR and TRUMAN know about it and cover it up? And the answer is, YES.

[annyokie]

No offense, but I have had my fill of Ann. She is starting to sound to me like Pat Buchanan.

She is smart enough to be the newest Peggy Noonan instead of the latest Phillis Schlafley.

[Bernard Marx]

Duh. Alger Hiss.

Clever, clever, you got the famous one! And by failing to recognize my question you’ve proved that you, like Rabinowitz, haven’t even read Ann’s book. You just don’t like Ann, and that’s fair enough. But you’re making yourself look foolish by not dealing with substance.

It’s a waste of time to try to have a discussion with someone who takes a hard position on subjects they know nothing about. See the other thread (link at #15) and Race Bannon’s #33 on this one. He puts the bottom-line points well. Ta ta.

[annyokie]

Oh, get real. I read Sam Tannenbaums' "Whittaker Chambers" years ago. Ann is not plowing new ground and isn't nearly as exacting as Tannenbaum.

Ann is a shrew.

[lonestar]

the Maureen Dowd of the conservatives...

SLANDER!!!

[Freedom4US]

Was it illegal to be a communist as a private citizen? No.

But lying about it before congress was. McCarthy was very clear about this, upfront. They chose to lie anyway.

[boris]

"She (Aaann as AAAAAhnold) Makes me cringe. I could never be so vitriolic, and I am not tame, but she is indeed the MoDo of the Right."

To my mind she is too mild. Recall the days of H.L. Mencken. Recall the vitriol that Sam Clemens pumped onto 'letters to the editor' pages.

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Once I wrote a letter to the editor of a local paper referring to a local Dem pol, Ruth Galanter, as 'odious and porcine'. [Yes, I know, it fits Rep. Waxman also]. The editor wrote back: "You know I can't let you describe her as smelly and pig-like."

I replied, "But she is...and those are her good points." I invoked Mencken and pointed out that letters pages are meant for free-wheeling mud-slinging and name calling, which is great fun. He replied that he (the editor) was "probably the only person in this newsroom who knows who Mencken was."

"Of that, I have no doubt. It shows."

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On several other occasions, I referred to local city councilman Mike Feuer with the comment ('rhymes with Der Fuherer'). In one letter, about his (successful) attempt to force ammo buyers to provide a thumbprint, I said, "I refuse to give Mr. Feuer a thumbprint but I do reserve the right to use a different finger." The editor pulled both lines. I asked him why: "I was having so much fun!"

"We thought you were having a little too much fun," he responded.

--Boris

[annyokie]

Good for you! I just think Ann is no Mencken. At least in IMHO.

Se is not so reasoned or discreet as he. Remember, too, that Samuel Clemmins edited his own newssheet.