Comments on: What if... http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/ A blog about politics. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: georgiac http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68435 georgiac Thu, 28 May 2009 14:58:02 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68435 Thank you, Paul Dirks, for the link. Thank you, Paul Dirks, for the link.

]]> By: spob http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68351 spob Thu, 28 May 2009 01:36:10 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68351 Sotomayor thinks that states cannot disenfranchise prison inmates. Typical criminal coddling liberal judge. Maybe a member of the Obama fan club, err press corps can ask Gibbs about that. . And the Time Magazine doofus who called her a moderate liberal just clowned himself. Only a moonbat would think that the law forbids states from doing this. Funny how "empathy" never works for the law-abiding. Sotomayor thinks that states cannot disenfranchise prison inmates. Typical criminal coddling liberal judge. Maybe a member of the Obama fan club, err press corps can ask Gibbs about that.
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And the Time Magazine doofus who called her a moderate liberal just clowned himself. Only a moonbat would think that the law forbids states from doing this. Funny how "empathy" never works for the law-abiding.

]]> By: kth http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68331 kth Wed, 27 May 2009 23:49:48 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68331 Hugh Hewitt (!) is urging conservatives to keep the proverbial powder proverbially dry. So this could be a moment of maturation for the Republican opposition. Too bad if it is, since they are probably more effective politically when they aren't throwing temper tantrums. Hewitt link: http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/8761f3dd-5195-41da-9335-67f121b43495 Hugh Hewitt (!) is urging conservatives to keep the proverbial powder proverbially dry. So this could be a moment of maturation for the Republican opposition. Too bad if it is, since they are probably more effective politically when they aren't throwing temper tantrums.

Hewitt link:
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/8761f3dd-5195-41da-9335-67f121b43495

]]> By: sacredh http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68326 sacredh Wed, 27 May 2009 23:33:32 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68326 "What if the republican party decides not to go berserk over Sonia Sotomayor?" What if an alcoholic gets accidentally locked in a bar overnight and decides not to have a drink? Sorry, going berserk is what the republican party does best. It's an automatic reflex now. "What if the republican party decides not to go berserk over Sonia Sotomayor?"
What if an alcoholic gets accidentally locked in a bar overnight and decides not to have a drink? Sorry, going berserk is what the republican party does best. It's an automatic reflex now.

]]> By: jcapan http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68289 jcapan Wed, 27 May 2009 21:05:29 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68289 What SZ said at 3:08, and certainly what Digby said (as always). ~ As if Time/The Swamp the last two days hasn't been in full "confirmogasm" mode. There's at least some very heavy petting going on. Given a few of MS/JNS' posts, "distort more than enlighten" may also apply here. "It would be nice if we were spared the carnival"--agreed, Joe, so perhaps you could urge you fellow swampcritters in the "right" margin to stop posting unfiltered GOP talking pts. I know journalism is v. sophisticated stuff, and I'm way out of my depth here, but you know, if one side is being honest and the other side is lying to your face, isn't it indeed "objective," for your "straight reporter" to report it as such? ~ This is not a condemnation of what you just wrote, but blaming the GOP alone is a touch disengenuous dontchatink. What SZ said at 3:08, and certainly what Digby said (as always).
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As if Time/The Swamp the last two days hasn't been in full "confirmogasm" mode. There's at least some very heavy petting going on. Given a few of MS/JNS' posts, "distort more than enlighten" may also apply here. "It would be nice if we were spared the carnival"--agreed, Joe, so perhaps you could urge you fellow swampcritters in the "right" margin to stop posting unfiltered GOP talking pts. I know journalism is v. sophisticated stuff, and I'm way out of my depth here, but you know, if one side is being honest and the other side is lying to your face, isn't it indeed "objective," for your "straight reporter" to report it as such?
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This is not a condemnation of what you just wrote, but blaming the GOP alone is a touch disengenuous dontchatink.

]]> By: Ivy_B http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68276 Ivy_B Wed, 27 May 2009 20:31:17 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68276 SZ, Sorry, I wondered. As I noted it sometimes seems as though it is. Just wanted to make the point for those not completely familiar with Brian's rag. SZ, Sorry, I wondered. As I noted it sometimes seems as though it is. Just wanted to make the point for those not completely familiar with Brian's rag.

]]> By: stuartzechman http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68255 stuartzechman Wed, 27 May 2009 19:40:33 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68255 Ivy_B: You caught me in a subtle prank. Ivy_B: You caught me in a subtle prank.

]]> By: stuartzechman http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68252 stuartzechman Wed, 27 May 2009 19:39:51 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68252 As usual, <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/returning-wealth-to-its-rightful-owners.html" rel="nofollow">Digby gets it right</a>: <blockquote>Limbaugh's "slave revolt" thesis plays nicely into the emphasis on the Ricci case, which greatly offends bobble heads like Pat Buchanan, Chris Matthews and Bill O'Reilly, who despite their vast wealth and celebrity, like to pretend that they are oppressed working class white guys. Indeed, the whole phony construct of the Village is based upon the idea that these people inhabit a small middle class town in 1950s Real America, which is under seige from rapid social changes that threatens their traditional values. What they are, however, is a decadent ruling elite who inhabit the most powerful capital on earth who are under seige from social progress which is allowing members of unrepresented groups to have a seat at the table. There are certain shared characteristics between the illusion and the reality, but the results are hardly similar.</blockquote> It's really bizarre to see the rightists try to work the Villagers' conceits/insecurities over their absurd, faux-representation of "Real America" the way that Limbaugh does, but since it got the country George W. Bush --and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/200501240007" rel="nofollow">Brian Williams his job</a>-- they're probably not done just yet. As usual, Digby gets it right:

Limbaugh's "slave revolt" thesis plays nicely into the emphasis on the Ricci case, which greatly offends bobble heads like Pat Buchanan, Chris Matthews and Bill O'Reilly, who despite their vast wealth and celebrity, like to pretend that they are oppressed working class white guys. Indeed, the whole phony construct of the Village is based upon the idea that these people inhabit a small middle class town in 1950s Real America, which is under seige from rapid social changes that threatens their traditional values. What they are, however, is a decadent ruling elite who inhabit the most powerful capital on earth who are under seige from social progress which is allowing members of unrepresented groups to have a seat at the table. There are certain shared characteristics between the illusion and the reality, but the results are hardly similar.

It's really bizarre to see the rightists try to work the Villagers' conceits/insecurities over their absurd, faux-representation of "Real America" the way that Limbaugh does, but since it got the country George W. Bush --and Brian Williams his job-- they're probably not done just yet.

]]> By: Ivy_B http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68245 Ivy_B Wed, 27 May 2009 19:36:06 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68245 Stuart, Granted sometimes it seems as though it is Philadelphia <b>Enquirer</b>, but it is actually the Philadelphia <b>Inquirer</b>. Stuart, Granted sometimes it seems as though it is Philadelphia Enquirer, but it is actually the Philadelphia Inquirer.

]]> By: shepherdwong http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/27/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-68244 shepherdwong Wed, 27 May 2009 19:35:53 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=13265#comment-68244 <i>"The interest groups need to send out direct mail letters and emails, begging for funds. (It's how they survive and make money--and by the way, these sort of fights have been a speciality of liberal interest groups for twenty years, since Robert Bork first harrumphed his way to oblivion.)"</i> . And in today's edition of false equivalency journalism, the DFH commentariate is left to point out that "liberal interest groups" are fighting to keep <i>totally unqualified</i> jurists <i>such as Robert Bork</i> from advancing their dogmatic incompetence to even higher levels of social damage. "The interest groups need to send out direct mail letters and emails, begging for funds. (It's how they survive and make money--and by the way, these sort of fights have been a speciality of liberal interest groups for twenty years, since Robert Bork first harrumphed his way to oblivion.)"
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And in today's edition of false equivalency journalism, the DFH commentariate is left to point out that "liberal interest groups" are fighting to keep totally unqualified jurists such as Robert Bork from advancing their dogmatic incompetence to even higher levels of social damage.

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