Comments on: Informed electoral commentary

By: John S

John S — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:13:00 +0000

Was it Digby? He’s one of my favorite non-mentalists…

By: john b

john b — Tue, 03 May 2005 18:33:00 +0000

No, I just rudely lost track of the (non-mentalist) Yank who linked to this one.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:10:00 +0000

John, you actually waste yout time trawling LGF comments?

By: john b

john b — Tue, 03 May 2005 13:05:00 +0000

Hmm. I’d claim there’s a difference between fighting a war to remove a foreign invader from a sovereign state that isn’t your own (equally, I’ve never claimed Gulf War ’90-91 was wrong) and fighting one to remove a mad dastard from his own country.

By: Natalie Solent

Natalie Solent — Tue, 03 May 2005 12:38:00 +0000

John B: "...he appears to have forgotten which country spent three years fighting the Nazis before his countrymen could even be bothered to join in."

You wouldn't be claiming that the US should have launched a pre-emptive attack on a country that had not yet attacked the US just because that country was ruled by an aggressive and murderous dictator, would you?

By: Al

Al — Tue, 03 May 2005 10:01:00 +0000

I had assumed the above were a tad obvious to spell out.

By: john b

john b — Tue, 03 May 2005 09:10:00 +0000

I think "Rickmoss" is predominantly stupid, rather than insane. The bit in quotes from Gore is saying that America was created because of religious intolerance in Europe; however, he's reading Gore's quote as saying that America was created because of the founding fathers' religious intolerance.

Other evidence in favour of his stupidity: he appears to have forgotten about the events of November 2004; and he appears to have forgotten which country spent three years fighting the Nazis before his countrymen could even be bothered to join in.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 03 May 2005 09:01:00 +0000

The comments on the creation of the US are priceless but for mind boggling wierdness see below. Are these people from this planet or some fucked up alternative history?

92 rickmoss 4/27/2005 06:55PM PDT

“This aggressive new strain of right-wing religious zealotry is actually a throwback to the intolerance that led to the creation of America in the first place,”

OK, hang-on.... I'm confused.

I knew these guys were world-class whack jobs. But, am I correct in understanding that the most recent contender for the position of POTUS actually thinks the creation of the US is a BAD THING?

What nuanced alternative to the creation of the US would have been preferable? A United States of Great Britain? Would they have stood up to the Nazi and Japan?

By: john b

john b — Tue, 03 May 2005 08:52:00 +0000

True. Corrected.

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 03 May 2005 08:44:00 +0000

"Terror Hawks"? Nice euphemism…
To be fair it’s one of the idiotic commenters. We all know how careless and stupid comments can afford to be…