[clue-talk] Wow, Card's a little political...

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 10-31 21:32, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc at comcast.net> wrote:
> > On 10-30 21:39, David L. Willson wrote:
> >> http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-26-1.html
> >
> > I started reading, then skimmed ahead to see how long it was, and noticed he
> > mentions Ayers ghost-writing Obama's book.
> >
> > Well, I thought that stupid meme was over and done with. Ayers? Who cares?
> > Is that still alive and kicking in reich-wing circles? Jesus christ, that
> > garbage and the secret Muslim stuff is enough to make a rational person cry.
> > I saw some poll showed that about 25% of Texans thought Obama was a Muslim.
> > Geez, you think the fear and smear campaigns are working?
> 
> Frankly, I don't think many people care whether Ayers was a
> ghost-writer or not. The fact that he has been a close and business
> associate of Obama for many years is frightening. There is no smear
> involved, or do you believe Obama's "he's just a guy in my
> neighborhood"?

It's a fact? Well, if we are going to trade emotionalist barbs aimed at
surpassing our neocortexes and going right to our reptile brains, I'd ask
why the "liberal media" hasn't asked McCain about his associations with a
terrorist. And a CONVICTED one at that, who also was still doing outrageous
things in the 90s. Unlike Ayers, who last did something when Obama was,
what, 8 or something?

That man is G Gordon Liddy.

 
> > In any case, I stopped reading at that point.
> >
> > I hope Hopey wins. Not that I think he'll be all that much different
> > than Bush in actual practice, but to keep that insane witch from Alaska as
> > far away from the levers of power as possible. If McCrackers had picked
> > someone sane and competent as his partner, I wouldn't give a darn either way,
> > really. They are two wings of the same party. But he didn't.
> 
> I just love the anti-Palin rhetoric. This competent witch has stuck a
> stake into the heart of all the left-wing loonies. They're practically
> wetting themselves to denounce her. She has more relevant executive
> experience than the Messiah. At least she has no need for fake Greek
> columns.

Well, the columns thing was completely apropos of nothing. And it's hardly
"left-wing loonies" that have pointed out that she's incompetent,
inexperienced, ignorant, and frankly, stupid.

I'm no "left-wing loon[y]" - I consider myself independent although I'm
voting Democratic this election - but there is hardly a way in which someone
can look at her objectively and tell me she was a great choice for McCain -
except as a cynical bid to pull in religious right-wing moonbats who believe
in things like witchcraft and creationism...

A lot of the people on the right have felt compelled by their convictions to
say so, and have the economic freedom to do so. I've lost track of how many
Republicans have come out against her and McCain's stupid decision.

And frankly, I feel sorry for those who are on the Wingnut Welfare dole and
are therefore still compelled to carry water for her. That must be awful. 

I remember some poor schmuck from WSJ on Maher's show who got cornered on
that. He might not be on the Wingnut Welfare, but boy, did I feel sorry for
that guy. Imagine if your boss is giving you marching orders to support a
complete doofus like Palin. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrcy1MxhhVk


> > Anyway, I don't think the people subscribing to disaster capitalist dogma
> > should fret too much about Obama getting into office. I seem to remember
> > that Naomi Klein said his economic advisers are of the Chicago School
> > variety, so we'll probably see more of the same old, same old disaster
> > capitalism neoliberal stuff we've had for the past 20+ years...
> 
> Let's hope you're right, but I doubt it. If Obama implements even half
> of the garbage he has proposed, I fully anticipate a much longer
> recession if not depression. And when you couple that with absolute
> control of the legislature, it's even spookier - unless you happen to
> be one of the left-wing socialists who has been dreaming of and
> scheming for this opportunity for 40 years.
> 
> I don't know anything about disaster capitalism. The situation we're
> in now has little to do with capitalism and a lot more to do with
> blind idiocy (loaning money to people who have no hope of paying it
> back, all in the name of compassion) and.massive greed, fraud, and
> deception  (the fat cats who packaged lousy loans as a risk-free
> investment).

Disaster capitalism is the subtitle of Naomi Klein's book _The Shock
Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism_. 

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