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I know, I know, Nazi comparisons are the sole property of the Republican Party and their minions, but please bear with me.
After being besieged with all the claims that John McCain dazzled the "Left Behind" crowd with his calls for war without end. How he was oh so direct and pithy with answers about incredibly difficult theological questions such as evil. McCain's two word response"defeat it" lifted the Left Behinder's to their feet. After all, who can argue with that? Obambi's namby-pamby response about how the dissolution of evil is the purview of God just can't compare to the pure visceral, masculine appeal of "Give 'er Hell" McCain.. He sees the United States in Messianic terms crushing evil under it's omnipotent heel. And just when you thought that Obama was "The One", McCain comes out of the shadows to claim that title to the adulation of the authoritarian crowd who thinks nuance is for pussies.
Someone needs to remind McCain that the U.S. is unable even to expel Russia from Georgia without resorting to a form of diplomatic begging. That we've been reduced to the status of a Paper Tiger by the Messianic likes of George Bush and his disciple McCain.
And now to why I reference the evil Nazi bastard Mengele. When Rick Warren asked the question about when human rights begin, McCain responds, "at the moment of conception."Oh, really! Think about that for a moment. Even the Vatican, as Andrew Sullivan deftly points out, doesn't go that far.
So, an embroyo in McCain's own words, is a human person entitled to all the rights and protections written in the Constitution.
A few minutes later, Warren asks McCain about stem cell research, and here's McCain's response: "For those of us in the pro life community, this has been a great struggle and a terrible dilemma because we're taught other obligations that we have as well. I've come down on the side of stem cell research."
A great struggle and a terrible dilemma. Why on Earth could there be Sturm und Drang when confronted with the question of conducting medical research on live human babies in a petrie dish?
Paging Dr. Mengele, you have a recruit on line 1!
After being besieged with all the claims that John McCain dazzled the "Left Behind" crowd with his calls for war without end. How he was oh so direct and pithy with answers about incredibly difficult theological questions such as evil. McCain's two word response"defeat it" lifted the Left Behinder's to their feet. After all, who can argue with that? Obambi's namby-pamby response about how the dissolution of evil is the purview of God just can't compare to the pure visceral, masculine appeal of "Give 'er Hell" McCain.. He sees the United States in Messianic terms crushing evil under it's omnipotent heel. And just when you thought that Obama was "The One", McCain comes out of the shadows to claim that title to the adulation of the authoritarian crowd who thinks nuance is for pussies.
Someone needs to remind McCain that the U.S. is unable even to expel Russia from Georgia without resorting to a form of diplomatic begging. That we've been reduced to the status of a Paper Tiger by the Messianic likes of George Bush and his disciple McCain.
And now to why I reference the evil Nazi bastard Mengele. When Rick Warren asked the question about when human rights begin, McCain responds, "at the moment of conception."Oh, really! Think about that for a moment. Even the Vatican, as Andrew Sullivan deftly points out, doesn't go that far.
So, an embroyo in McCain's own words, is a human person entitled to all the rights and protections written in the Constitution.
A few minutes later, Warren asks McCain about stem cell research, and here's McCain's response: "For those of us in the pro life community, this has been a great struggle and a terrible dilemma because we're taught other obligations that we have as well. I've come down on the side of stem cell research."
A great struggle and a terrible dilemma. Why on Earth could there be Sturm und Drang when confronted with the question of conducting medical research on live human babies in a petrie dish?
Paging Dr. Mengele, you have a recruit on line 1!
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I didn't pick up on that! Great catch!
August 18, 2008 11:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Nazi comparisons are the sole property of the Republican Party and their minions"
Not anymore.
August 19, 2008 12:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
That's right lalo, not anymore. Fight fire with fire I say.
August 19, 2008 12:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
I can't be alone in noticing this, but I haven't seen it written about elsewhere.
This is, in my view, fucking huge! The incredible gap in moral reasoning here is breathtaking!
Perhaps it wouldn't hurt McCain a little to take lessons in thinking about your responses even if it causes a few hums and haws.
But he won! That's what everyone says! Even if he does advocate medical experiments on innocent babies. It's all for the greater good!
August 19, 2008 12:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
I shouldn't really, but how can you not see that McCain is positioning himself as a moderate non-Bush Republican????????
August 19, 2008 12:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
There's no way anyone could watch the forum last night and think McCain was positioning himself as a moderate...I thought he sounded about as conservative as you can get...abortion, gay marriage, supreme court, kill everyone on the planet that disagrees w/ us....kill, kill, kill.
August 19, 2008 12:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
Absolutely right.
After reading the transcript of the farce forum in Lakewood, I was struck by one thing: the answers McCain gave could have come out of the mouth of George W. Bush.
The conventional wisdom is that this forum helped McCain. I disagree. From what I've read, he's provided a heaping helping of ammunition for general election ads.
Imagine the ad, for instance, of McCain joking about how "rich" people are those making about 5 million dollars or more. Juxtapose that with McCain's comments earlier this year that this economy is sound, justaposed with Gramm's comments about us being a nation of whiners.
A theme can be developed of *gasp* McCain being an elitist who is out of touch with everyday American's! Who woulda thunk it?!
August 19, 2008 12:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, let's see. McCain said he's staunchly pro life and will wage a pro life administration.
That doesn't seem exactly moderate to me. McCain vacillated on stem cell research early on, and with the coaxing of Nancy Reagan took the plunge.
I think though, that the "moderate" John McCain committed suicide with his strident proclamation that he's pro life.
For all the talk about how Obama is just getting known by the American people, I don't think the American people know all that much about John McCain, except that he's a POW.
My grandmother, a staunch democrat voting for McCain because Obama's black, only knows that McCain was a POW.
She was shell shocked when I let her know that McCain's first marriage ended when he dumped her for a younger, fully functional model. Yes, this indiscretion happened about 30 years ago, when McCain was middle aged!
You see, I don't think the American people know jack shit about McCain. They're about to get a crash course.
August 19, 2008 12:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
That's because he wasn't talking to you and you are not a moderate, as revealed by your very post.
August 19, 2008 12:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Lalo,
I'm not a moderate. Don't pretend to be one. That said, I do have a sense of what a moderate is and what a moderate stands for. Of course, moderation is over rated. Christ Himself said in Revelation that those who are lukewarm shall be spit out of His mouth, if you're into that sort of thing.
And McCain is not a moderate. At least, the McCain of 2008 is not a moderate.
The McCain of 2000 was, may he Rest In Peace.
August 19, 2008 1:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Same ol' gap in logic for anyone who says they're pro-life yet approves of the death penalty, which is the dominant view of the religious right in this country. Ain't nobody gonna say shee-it about it. McCain gets a free ride.
August 19, 2008 2:38 AM | Reply | Permalink