one finds similar grounds for why they were dismissed --- the opposition demonized prior deeds and off-color speech... In Butz's case it was a joke, in Van Jones case it is demonizing Republicans and playing to his LW's nutcases' causes ( that 9/11 was an inside job )... One difference is the PUBLIC anger by the Left demonizing the Right for doing what the Left has done for 40 years... This attitude I suggest is not unlike the Western Missionaries of the 19th Century -- my way or you are a tool of the devil... Still the author David Sirota concludes his side is only reason and his opponents are hate filled crazies... Perhaps Mr. Sirota needs to mediate and discover the demons and crazies found so often in the Left and renounce them first... The Bible said it clearly, get the log out of your eye first...
The question is can Democrats disown their crazies even though their crazies helped place them in power... Now Hitler did it when he killed off his Brown-shirts in blood... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/taking-the-movement-out-o_b_278411.html >>> Second, Jones being forced out will not mollify the racists, crazies, tea >>> baggers, Republican congresspeople and other assorted conservative >>> freakshows - it will only embolden them. When lynch mobs in the Old South >>> lynched someone, when a witchhunting band caught a target in Salem, when >>> HUAC "proved" the supposed communism of its victims, that didn't calm them >>> down - it only intensified their bloodlust because it made them believe >>> they could be even more successful in the future. So if the White House's >>> political "gurus" believe booting Jones was the safe and prudent way to >>> mitigate right-wing hatred, then they are as short-sighted and stupid as >>> they've proven themselves to be in mismanaging the summer's health care >>> debate. Seriously, folks - if you think you can appease or mollify someone >>> who takes to the public airwaves and does this, then you are as crazy as >>> that screaming lunatic is. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
