tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post1814413507996410327..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: ReflectionSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-24690692739627491032011-01-14T14:15:19.420-08:002011-01-14T14:15:19.420-08:00He was not attacked and wrongfully accused.
That ...<b>He was not attacked and wrongfully accused.</b><br /><br />That might be the best one of all, Seaspray.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-57130753209545920682011-01-13T15:41:38.452-08:002011-01-13T15:41:38.452-08:00He was speaking at the memorial.
She was given a ...<b>He was speaking at the memorial.</b><br /><br />She was given a golden opportunity to rise up and show her ability to address a nation. Instead, she made it about herself, as usual, and did so in a way calculated to garner her attention. Presidential? Maybe of the student body of Wasilla High.<br /><br /><b>(In this instance ..that is true.)</b><br /><br />Okay. So in what instance what it not be true?Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-34933583179007404082011-01-12T23:08:05.875-08:002011-01-12T23:08:05.875-08:00"Contrast her self-serving drek with Obama..."Contrast her self-serving drek with Obama's tone of community and comity. "<br /><br />He was speaking at the memorial. He was not attacked and wrongfully accused. She HAS to stand up for herself. She never should've been put in the position in the 1st place.<br /><br />You said "Namely, when people commit violence you can't blame it on others," (In this instance ..that is true.)<br /><br />"followed by saying people who blame the hot rhetoric were encouraging violence." (I don't know if I agree it would encourage violence ...but it sure was causing a lot of bad feelings. Last I knew 57% of the population did not agree the hot rhetoric had anything to do with this heinous crime. It seems the president's opinion is included in that 57% stat.)<br /><br />Her star is still rising.SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-67324260225564334572011-01-12T18:51:44.111-08:002011-01-12T18:51:44.111-08:00Seaspray, Seaspray, Seaspray...
So you're sti...Seaspray, Seaspray, Seaspray...<br /><br />So you're still okay with Sarah.<br /><br />I bet that's the first time you've relied on Alan Dershowitz for your views... Want some others, from other Jews, who feel differently? There are plenty. Even <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256946/blood-libel-jonah-goldberg" rel="nofollow">conservatives</a>. (As interested and informed as you are, I'm sure you'll agree that, coming from Jonah Goldberg, who calls liberals "fascists," that's pretty strong stuff.)<br /><br />And, of course, the real point of the above two comments (and NOT the point of my post) is the extent to which Sarah Palin 1) missed the opportunity to appear (god help us) presidential, but rather, made it about her boo-hoo self and 2) said two entirely contradictory things. Namely, when people commit violence you can't blame it on others, followed by saying people who blame the hot rhetoric were encouraging violence. <br /><br />Contrast her self-serving drek with Obama's tone of community and comity. <br /><br />And while you're at it, answer (or don't) the central question of the post.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-45483783310259943452011-01-12T18:27:36.725-08:002011-01-12T18:27:36.725-08:00Bravo Mr President! Well done!
They all did a b...Bravo Mr President! Well done! <br /><br />They all did a beautiful job. The memorial was as healing as it could be to those that lost loved ones and for a country often divided... in need of healing. Inspirational and healing.<br /><br />I never heard the words "blood libel" before I read this comment section earlier. Then I heard it discussed on the news. And the following is what I read about it:<br /><br />"In an exclusive statement, famed attorney and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz defended Sarah Palin’s use of the term “blood libel” from multiple detractors:<br /><br /> The term “blood libel” has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins were in theologically based false accusations against the Jews and the Jewish People,its current usage is far broader. I myself have used it to describe false accusations against the State of Israel by the Goldstone Report. There is nothing improper and certainly nothing anti-Semitic in Sarah Palin using the term to characterize what she reasonably believes are false accusations that her words or images may have caused a mentally disturbed individual to kill and maim. The fact that two of the victims are Jewish is utterly irrelevant to the propriety of using this widely used term."SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-28739956926878574462011-01-12T09:04:04.554-08:002011-01-12T09:04:04.554-08:00Right. Palin's immediate response was to up th...Right. Palin's immediate response was to up the ante. She could have said something like, while I absolutely reject the idea that my graphic had anything to do with the tragedy, I do agree with those who say the political rhetoric in this country has gotten too heated, and I, for one, will try to do my part to cool it down. We are, after all, all Americans with the same hopes for our country. <br /><br />That'll be the day.<br /><br />She's the perfect RWS™: paranoid, self-absorbed, vengeful, deceitful. I'd say her response to this -- thankfully, so let's give her credit -- has taken any presidential ambitions off the table.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-7317772997339394672011-01-12T08:13:29.209-08:002011-01-12T08:13:29.209-08:00A bit off-topic, Sid, but this morning Sarah Palin...A bit off-topic, Sid, but this morning Sarah Palin released a video in which she says "Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible."<br /><br />"Blood libel"? If one ever needed more proof that Ms Palin simply spews emotionally laden phrases without comprehending their meaning, that should put the icing on the cake.<br /><br />Some time ago, a friend on Salon's Table Talk put forth the thesis that politics has become a professional sport, in which what's important is not what's good for the country; the only thing that matters is your "team" winning. <br /><br />You and I believe we're all on the same team. I don't think Frank and his ilk agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com