Posted on 09/15/2006 12:33:55 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
September 15, 2006 - 15:23
The Boston Globe refers to Charlie Savage as a "staff writer." But judging by the hyper-partisan comments he made on Fox News Channel this afternoon, Savage belongs over on the opinion page.
Interviewed with two other legal reporters by FNC's Martha MacCallum, Savage took these shots at President Bush and his fellow Republicans:
President Bush is "terrorizing" Americans with the terrorism issue for political gain.
Speaking of the current rift between the president and Sen. McCain over interrogation rules for suspected terrorists, Savage snidely observed that McCain had been a POW in Vietnam while Bush spent the war "back in Texas."
When talk turned to the tactics to be used in the current congressional campaign, Savage portrayed Republicans as those slinging the dirt, with Democrats trying to stay above the fray. He asserted that the national Republican line will be "vote Democrat and die," while Republicans will also use their "huge campaign chest" to go after individual Democrats and "dig up dirt on them."
He continued: "The Democrats are going to have to face a choice of how to respond to that. . . It's going to be very hard for individual [Dem] candidates not to respond in kind."
Hey, Derrick Z: make room for Charlie!
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"I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live."
Have you ever seen this guy on TV? He's creepy.
Neither will, unfortunately.
"terrorizing Americans"--hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha!!! That's rich (with tears of laughter rolling down my face)! And this man calls himself a journalist with journalists in general carrying a black eye for their false reporting.
They want us to be hit unaware again.
They want to see blood in the streets.
*L* ... yea I liked that one too!
The only reason to understand them is to find out the way they think . The fundamentalist leadership, like any other funamenalsts, believe the end of the world is eminent. That mindset helps them recruit people that can be easily persuaded to do thing like become human bombs. They convince these people that since the end is so near, a sacrificial suicide gives the bomber a head start on heaven before the rush starts.
Is clear that the moderate of the flock fear the extremists in this life and the next. If wasn't true, the moderates would disassociate themselves from the radicals and help end this madness. These people fear the understanding of us. So there is no give and take. An Islamist who compromises with Christians and at al, will be compromised by his own people. The only other thing else to understand is, how to take them out where they stand.
If you want to read a really clear analysis of the mindset of Islamo-fascists (as well as all types of fanatic elitists) check my profile page. Scroll down to "The cause of fanaticism and why it's dangerous." It cuts to the bottom line and makes all fanatic elitists instantly understandable.
I agree with that in part. But I don't think that entirely explains "moderate" Muslims and their actions or lack of action via militant Islam. I posted this last night about that very point.
(snip) Islam was founded on a doctrine of submission by force. Either the force of allah's will or his follower's swords. Most Muslims may gravitate towards loving kindness and compassion, which is the true nature of mind, but there is no actual basis for that in Islamic doctrine. There is no way a Muslim could be forced to face his own evil deeds that would require him to admit to himself any "crisis of faith." There is nothing in the founder Muhammed or his original teachings that would reflect any fault for acts of anger and hatred towards outsiders.Acts of loving kindness and compassion may find a space to exist in any given Muslim's mind but there is nothing fundamental to rest it on. As such it becomes optional in terms of core faith. As a result there can be no "Enlightenment" or reformation of Islam because there is nothing to go back to other than submission and forced conversion.
That means that one must view all of the "moderate" "peace loving" Muslims as "high-minded" Muslims that are not living lives "tested by faith." They're walking on shaky doctrinal ground and may step off when push comes to shove. It is anyone's guess whether a given Muslim will step onto more solid doctrinal ground (Muhammed being the primal exemplar) or renounce. What we do know is how high the stakes are for renouncing Islam.
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This is going to get nastier. We still have 7 more weeks to go before the November elections.
I get it....
Charlie Savage - Michael Savage's brother left-wing brother!
Neither are related by blood or are legitamate of name.
If the republicans were real clever, they would get Jimmy, Johnny and Billy Dokes up on stage to say all the good things the democrats have "brung" to them....
Now that is a cartoon waiting to happen. Heck, they could call the cousins in, Bobby, Donny, Tommy and Joey Dokes...
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