tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post8485040030855727851..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: An Inconvenient TruthHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-21489499669771844672007-03-18T12:56:00.000-07:002007-03-18T12:56:00.000-07:00Yeah, that sounds about right. And for me, the rea...Yeah, that sounds about right. And for me, the real irony is that I couldn't care less about people gratuitously kicking Nader for his apostasy. Indeed, as I wrote before, Nader himself seems to get off on being some kind of post-modern Savonarola, immolated by his own self-referential moral purity.<BR/><BR/>So it's not that I care about poor ol' Ralph being unfairly maligned. I just hate to see valuable energy and effort wasted (however pre-emptively) on such counterproductive activities. <BR/><BR/>They seem to be circling the wagons 18 months ahead of time to absolve Hillary for her rather tone-deaf responses and avocations. I don't applaud her sensible centrism because she takes noble and brave stands against flag burning and <I>Grand Theft Auto</I>. I think it's a fucking waste of time, and a hopelessly cynical attempt to rhetorically treat symptoms rather than causes. Forget the usual circular firing squad; that kind of shit's just a circle-jerk.<BR/><BR/>The lawyers in the crowd oughta remind themselves of a fundamental legal phrase, and run with that motherfucker: <I>res ipsa loquitur</I>. The Cheney administration's track record speaks for itself. The Democratic candidates need only to attack that record forcefully, and hang it about the necks of the Republican candidates. Force them to either endorse that record and promise more of the same, or to run for rhetorical cover.<BR/><BR/>If that's not cold-blooded political utilitarianism, I don't know what is. And it takes the Democrats out of having to cater to people's stupidity with their lame attempts to tack right on "social" issues. <BR/><BR/>I keep hearing how the Naderistas have to "grow up". Fair enough. At what point do the Edith Whiteheads of the world have to "grow up"?Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-38934768241185890212007-03-18T05:48:00.000-07:002007-03-18T05:48:00.000-07:00Well said all around.I think that Nader is really ...Well said all around.<BR/><BR/>I think that Nader is really just the focal point for the mainstream liberals' own <I>dolschstosslegende</I>. Maybe they felt a little envious at how the right can rationalize any failure by finding a convenient scapegoat and decided to get in on that action themselves. It's beyond rationality; it's just a lizard brain urge to kick someone smaller and weaker than yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com