Bush Supporters' Aftermath Thread III

"'Macaca' emerged as more than just an unfamiliar ethnic slur, uttered by Senator George Allen of Virginia about a man of Indian descent. It became the shorthand for an extraordinary fall from political grace, for the astonishing arc by which a predicted presidential contender became a vanquished candidate for re-election to Congress. It became something else, too: a jolting suggestion of bigotry in civic leaders who claim to rise above it. There was a truckload of baggage in those three ugly syllables."

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"'Macaca' emerged as more than just an unfamiliar ethnic slur, uttered by Senator George Allen of Virginia about a man of Indian descent. It became the shorthand for an extraordinary fall from political grace, for the astonishing arc by which a predicted presidential contender became a vanquished candidate for re-election to Congress. It became something else, too: a jolting suggestion of bigotry in civic leaders who claim to rise above it. There was a truckload of baggage in those three ugly syllables."

And this was the second story on your second link. Unexceptionable, you might say.

Still looking for untruths, unreasonableness or media liberal bias...

Yours, McT

Hey, good site, FD. Thanks.

Archbishop says Iraq war is 'morally flawed'
By Graeme Wilson, Political Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:20pm GMT 29/12/2006

The Archbishop of Canterbury warned today that British troops were "increasingly at risk" in Iraq as a result of the Government's morally flawed decision to go to war.

Dr Williams: unsure whether he should have protested more
In an uncompromising intervention, Dr Rowan Williams argued that the "moral and practical flaws" in the case for military action have become painfully clear as time has gone on.

But he also conceded that he could have done more to have argued against the invasion in March 2003 or offered more support to the anti-war movement.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Dr Williams voiced deep concern about both the decision to go to war and the policies pursued in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

"I am wholly prepared to believe that those who made the decisions made them in good faith - but I think those decisions were flawed," he said. "And I think the moral and the practical flaws have emerged as time has gone on - very painfully - and they have put our own troops increasingly at risk in ways that I find deeply disturbing."

Why President Bush is a Hero
By Ed Koch

President George W. Bush, vilified by many, supported by some, is a hero to me.
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Everybody knows that Catholics aren't really Christians.

Truth, reasonableness, bias, evidence, nor logic constitute Tico's criteria. His criterion is singular... does a press item further the public relations standing of Bush, his administration and its policies or modern conservatism, or does it function to reflect poorly on them. That's it.

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

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But I DO want to stay in a different place than Benedict - that should have been.

Everybody knows that Catholics aren't really Christians.

blatham wrote:

Truth, reasonableness, bias, evidence, nor logic constitute Tico's criteria. His criterion is singular... does a press item further the public relations standing of Bush, his administration and its policies or modern conservatism, or does it function to reflect poorly on them. That's it.

Another bleat devoid of any sign of engaged thought process, blatham? Do you need another cup of coffee?

Ticomaya wrote:

blatham wrote:

Truth, reasonableness, bias, evidence, nor logic constitute Tico's criteria. His criterion is singular... does a press item further the public relations standing of Bush, his administration and its policies or modern conservatism, or does it function to reflect poorly on them. That's it.

Another bleat devoid of any sign of engaged thought process, blatham? Do you need another cup of coffee?

This criticism does not fit well when applied to blatham, now does it Tico.

Sometime you seem to me to be playing devil's advocate and having a laugh, as we say. Blatham has a lesser opinion of you that that, it would appear. I'd give you the benefit of any doubt, but ad hominem attack and misplaced sarcasm as in this case is no substitute for reasoned argument.

Ticomaya wrote:

blatham wrote:

Truth, reasonableness, bias, evidence, nor logic constitute Tico's criteria. His criterion is singular... does a press item further the public relations standing of Bush, his administration and its policies or modern conservatism, or does it function to reflect poorly on them. That's it.

Another bleat devoid of any sign of engaged thought process, blatham? Do you need another cup of coffee?

This criticism does not fit well when applied to blatham, now does it Tico.

Sometime you seem to me to be playing devil's advocate and having a laugh, as we say. Blatham has a lesser opinion of you that that, it would appear. I'd give you the benefit of any doubt, but ad hominem attack and misplaced sarcasm as in this case is no substitute for reasoned argument.