[lit-ideas] Re: Zardari, Obama and Bill Ayers

  • From: "Judith Evans" <judith.evans001@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:11:02 +0100

She's a media darling
whom no one dares to criticize seriously for fear of being accused of bashing her because she's a woman.
Yes. That isn't simply because she's a woman, of course. She's Madonna (biblical)/Supermom/Mooseshooter. Luckily there are women ready to attack her and indeed some have, and I commend certain of our women journalists for weighing in, from Left to, I assure you, decidedly Right: 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article4692056.ece

Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 6:11 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Zardari, Obama and Bill Ayers
Ah, a desire for “rational discourse”?????? I’ve had that desire for years and haven’t gotten it from any of the Leftists here. How is it when I wax with a bit of disgust at the current despicable treatment Palin and the don’t-touch-our-god treatment of Obama do I get “oh dear—how mean and brutal and over the top you are and why can’t we have rational discourse”?
I see you as a rational person, Lawrence—a rare enough thing in itself—and I thought you were over your bout of guilt-by-categorization of a few years back. (At least you no longer call us Leftist-Marxists.) I see not, though. Your repeated harping on someone's relationship over the years with a former radical is tiresome. If there's an argument behind your rants and insults, what is it? You are a fan of logic, I know; so you ought to be able to point out to us just what the premises and the conclusion of your current argument are.
Palin is getting 'despicable treatment'? Where? She's a media darling whom no one dares to criticize seriously for fear of being accused of bashing her because she's a woman. What if she were being treated badly? Would that support your own attacks on others? How would it?
She is a self-described pit bull wearing lipstick. The US doesn't need a barracuda or a pit bull to govern it (in the possibility that Sen. McCain's health fails). It needs an intelligent person who governs by listening and thinking before taking a bite out of the first thing that moves. Mrs. Palin is experienced at insulting and belittling those with whom she doesn't agree. Maybe that's the Alaskan way, but it isn't a productive way. Pit bull diplomacy and pit bull politics are the last things we need. 

Robert Paul,
unable to remain wiser even though older






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