Mr. Smith Goes to Hell
Folks, If Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he'll have to hold his tongue, at least if the Republican party goes ahead with the newly-re-christened "Constitutional Option," formerly known as the "Nuclear Option." And "christened" appears to be the word, at least to hear James Dobson tell the story: a filibuster against a Bush court appointment is apparently a "filibuster against the faithful." Molly Ivins tells the story better than me: http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21873/ Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Mr. Smith Goes to Hell
On Apr 27, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Dave Land wrote: Folks, If Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he'll have to hold his tongue, at least if the Republican party goes ahead with the newly-re-christened "Constitutional Option," formerly known as the "Nuclear Option." And "christened" appears to be the word, at least to hear James Dobson tell the story: a filibuster against a Bush court appointment is apparently a "filibuster against the faithful." Molly Ivins tells the story better than me: http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21873/ I caught bits of that broadcast, and was ambivalent. The rhetoric used is pretty brutal, and profoundly arrogant; it pissed me off. However, I felt a strange wave of ... not hope, not relief, but something akin to both. Because the radical right-wing loonies are taking off their gloves, removing their masks and showing themselves to be the intolerant, bigoted, self-righteous asses they really are. I think it was a tactical mistake: far too much far too soon. Moderates of any stripe are considerably more likely to galvanize against these people than they are to align with them, I think. Had they kept their attempts at string-pulling more quiet and subdued, they might have had a chance, but I think they've forgotten the lessons of the Moral Majority movement (which, as I like to say, was neither) and the backlash they experienced for trying far too hard to impose the rigorous strictures of a cultish interpretation of one religion on a nation that is, at its heart, surprisingly liberal and broad-minded. The pendulum's arc might well have maximized this last weekend. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Mr. Smith Goes to Hell
The pendulum's arc might well have maximized this last weekend. I can only hope. With statements from the Religious Right that the Republicans "owe them," that sort of thing keeps me up some nights... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Italeri's M8 Greyhound -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 4/25/2005 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Mr. Smith Goes to Hell
On Apr 27, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Damon Agretto wrote: The pendulum's arc might well have maximized this last weekend. I can only hope. With statements from the Religious Right that the Republicans "owe them," that sort of thing keeps me up some nights... See, it's statements like that I want to see *more* of. That s turns off centrist Republicans, which are the real majority of the party, and only agitates them to toss out the power-mad in their midst. I say let's hear more from the right-wingers. Much more, lots more, as loud as possible. Let them show their true agenda. Unlike, for instance, gays, they *have* one, and they're willing to use it too. ;) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
