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Cops Who Booed Hillary Are Uneducated Who Hate The Smart (My title)
World New York ^ | Tuesday, October 23, 2001

Posted on 10/23/2001 4:40:35 PM PDT by occam's chainsaw

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• Drudge reports Senator Clinton was booed at the 'Heroes for New York' concert. Our response: "Heroes" did not boo Senator Clinton. This may sound like sacrilege, but most of the cops and firemen in this town are not heroes. They are working stiffs looking for a secure job from which they can retire in 20 years.

The "heroes" mumbo-jumbo should have stopped before now, but lionizing such people seems to have gone beyond the super men who raced up the stairs in those buildings as everyone else ran down. The lauding has gone so far that it now encompasses the schmucks, turds and rejects who clutter up what are otherwise decent professions, until those who are undeserving start to believe they are somehow worthy of the glory, the praise, the attention. (It's also gone so far that a disproportionate amount of the money raised is earmarked for the families of the few hundred emergency personnel, to the disregard of the thousands of other victims and their families.)

Why would these people "boo" Senator Clinton? Not all did, by any report, but those who did are probably a part of the large number of the cops and firemen in this town are politically conservative, from undiverse neighborhoods, not educated much above high school, and as small-town as you can get and still be from New York City. They are, then, the very types who resent efforts made by forward-thinking, worldly politicians, which how Senator Clinton could be described.

People distrust her, and her husband; or rather, the Clintons tend to bring out anti-intellectualism. It's an ugly American past-time, hating the smart. It's everywhere, pervasive in all media, in the schools, in the workplaces, in the newspapers. The Clintons are big, fat targets, too good to resist by people who feel their anti-intellectual tendencies are supported and approved of by others. They feel authorized to criticize the wonks, the policy geeks, the professional bookworms. Unless you sound unassumingly dull, or like country hick, Americans tend to dislike you. If you know what you're talking about, and you're confident, people think you're lying. Hell, even if you're slightly above average—just smarter than 51 percent of the population—that 51 percent tends to distrust you. In much the same way, it's always the idiots and morons who are the biggest conspiracy freaks: they're so dumb they think smart people are just making everything up, too, and so they'll pay heed to the first intelligible lie that comes along.


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KEYWORDS: 2001; booed; hillary; leo
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To: occam's chainsaw
People who write articles like that still think Hillary

didn't kill Vince Foster, for Gods sake!

121 posted on 10/23/2001 8:09:17 PM PDT by pke
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To: FreeYourMind
Sober up and then go back to democrats.com.
There you can spend your time worshipping the clintons.
On this forum we dispise the traitors.
122 posted on 10/23/2001 8:10:38 PM PDT by sport
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To: occam's chainsaw
This "world new york" site is a total piece of Sh**.
123 posted on 10/23/2001 8:15:47 PM PDT by lawgirl
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To: occam's chainsaw
How DID the clinton's come to POSSESS so many????

hmmmmmm....Come to think of it:

How DID Hitler FOOL so many???

125 posted on 10/23/2001 8:21:53 PM PDT by bannie
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To: occam's chainsaw
This is vile stuff. Every policeman and fireman could put his life on the line tomorrow. No "weblogger" ever does.

What stands out is the author's insecurity -- which is similar to HRC's own insecurity.

Bright people can have power if they want it. They just can showboat or show-off. And they certainly can't cry about how unappreciated they are.

You can get the prizes or you can feed your own ego or complain. You can't do both.

Someone like Michael Kelly or Charles Krauthmmer, or Michael Barone is very bright, competent and successful (though I don't always agree with them). Such people try to keep from showing off too much. Someone like Michael Kinsley or Bill Kristol is also bright, but always showing off or complaining. Therefore such a person turns people off. It's as simple as that.

Also with Hillary, her habit of talking down to people can be really annoying. As is the robotic facade she puts on to cover over whatever she's really thinking.

126 posted on 10/23/2001 8:41:58 PM PDT by x
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To: cdwright
Grant Barrett, Editor, World New York : gbarrett@worldnewyork.org
127 posted on 10/23/2001 8:49:00 PM PDT by beckett
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To: TheGoodDoc
A truly fiery rant---well done.
128 posted on 10/23/2001 9:09:08 PM PDT by beckett
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To: occam's chainsaw
Now, who would bother to rescue a dog-dropping like you?
129 posted on 10/23/2001 9:13:42 PM PDT by Getting there
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To: McGavin999
Hillary and her crew only know demonization as a defense. Sad, but true and hopefully it will sink her try at the Presidency in 2004 and 2008.
130 posted on 10/23/2001 9:18:09 PM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas
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To: occam's chainsaw
Please notice the remarkable number of grammatical errors in this short passage written by someone who presumably thinks he/she is one of the intellectual elite:

Why would these people "boo" Senator Clinton? Not all did, by any report, but those who did are probably a part of the large number of the cops and firemen in this town [who] are politically conservative, from undiverse neighborhoods, not educated much above high school, and as small-town as you can get and still be from New York City. They are, then, the very types who resent efforts made by forward-thinking, worldly politicians, which [is] how Senator Clinton could be described.

People distrust her, and her husband; or rather, the Clintons tend to bring out anti-intellectualism. It's an ugly American past-time [sic, pass-time], hating the smart. It's everywhere, pervasive in all media, in the schools, in the workplaces, in the newspapers [redundant, unless newspapers are somehow excluded from 'all media']. The Clintons are big, fat targets, too good to resist by people who feel their anti-intellectual tendencies are supported and approved of by others. They feel authorized to criticize the wonks, the policy geeks, the professional bookworms. Unless you sound unassumingly dull, or like [a]country hick, Americans tend to dislike you.

An elitist of dullness and sloppy writing, perhaps . . . .

131 posted on 10/23/2001 9:42:20 PM PDT by 537 Votes
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To: Howlin
Yes, and I am finding it as annoying as trying to discuss anything with a Dem. FR archievs are there for everyone to read, yet few are taking advantage of the resources available here. Pity that.

Dear friend , the facts are the facts, and without them, debate is useless. : - )

133 posted on 10/23/2001 10:22:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: occam's chainsaw
i just heard the sound bite on mike savage. her boos made richard gere's sound like applause. what a dumb ass b***h. as they bronx cheered she couldn't shut her big trap and understand that she is NOT wanted in NY!!!
134 posted on 10/23/2001 10:24:57 PM PDT by rockfish59
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To: ladyinred
You're no " hick " sweety. You are an intelligent, well informed , discerning woman. : - )
135 posted on 10/23/2001 10:25:34 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Oh no, now you have told all of my secrets! LOL

Ditto to you!

136 posted on 10/23/2001 10:31:51 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: occam's chainsaw
worldly politicians, which how Senator Clinton could be described.

This woman is not worthy to tie the shoe laces on these so called "working stiffs" of Firemen and/or Policemen. She does not know shit from shinola when it comes to sacrifice, duty, honor, the love for the fellow man, which usually you can associate with a fireman or policeman, because it takes a real commitment to be one.
It takes a real breed of people to do the job of a firemen or police men. For instance...I will never put my butt in the line of fire (police) for some crazy schmack, or claim a ladder 20 stories high(firemen) to get somebody out of burning building. Politicians on the the other side, all they have to do is to be as slimy and arrogant as it can be, the slimier the better. And you can get them cheap too...a dime a dozen!

Her arrogance(at least who wrote the article in her behalf) it shows exactly my point. Her hypocrisy stinks to high Heaven!
To say that they are "working stiffs", and looking only for a soft landing after serving 20 Years...what is she looking for anyways after the Senate so called service...HUH! Maybe a nice cushy retirement perhaps with all the perks???
At least those guys did something for real(like saving lifes for instance), what is she doing besides bullshitting the public, with her enlightend and progresive ideas.To bad the New Yorkers have had elected her in one of the nations prestigious office, I thing NYers deserved better than this. I believe the New Yorkers had a wake up call, and come next round they will make the right decision.I sure hope so...

139 posted on 10/23/2001 11:34:06 PM PDT by danmar
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