tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post4067819805165886539..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: On the CTRL-L and the Conjuration of Demonic Political GolemsMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-32162230927048647442017-11-16T10:39:27.046-08:002017-11-16T10:39:27.046-08:00Most politicians have everything to prove and noth...Most politicians have everything to prove and nothing to accomplish. Mr Trump is quite the reverse of that. That's what drives his opponents insane. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-31521285987365870212017-11-15T11:30:21.344-08:002017-11-15T11:30:21.344-08:00Sorry, missed the part that it was a repost.
Even...Sorry, missed the part that it was a repost.<br /><br />Even still, there were plenty of lies from the campaign trail. This is not to say that Obama was devoid of lies or that the major media ever raised a stink about those lies (unless they were lies covering up action of which they disapproved like drone strikes or surveillance).<br /><br />I'd agree that the national polity is quite fragile. What I would blame for that is, more than any particular institution, the tendency to make demonizing the opposite party a qualification for being on the November ballot.Sar Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249389597567433544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-15552154889489413052017-11-15T11:04:28.857-08:002017-11-15T11:04:28.857-08:00Why should Mike be calling out Trump as "abso...Why should Mike be calling out Trump as "absolute LIAR?" What has that assertion have to do with his piece? Wasn't Obama also an "absolute LIAR" as well? And what's with the use of upper case? Is your contention that tax rates are somehow "racist" and that it should cancel out the need for anyone to notice the destructive phenomenon of CTRL-L and ALT-R political narratives currently affecting the politics of this country and infecting the social fabric? Noticing this should never be used as an endorsement of Trump's presidency or the wisdom of a tax cut plan, which, by the way, hasn't yet been reconciled between the Senate and the House. <br />Tax rates go up, tax rates come down. There are always winners and losers. What we need is a sober debate about such policies sans the fantasy of an imminent takeover by Nazis, Klansmen, and other ghouls. <br /><br />JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-55304109533392437282017-11-15T11:01:20.549-08:002017-11-15T11:01:20.549-08:00Sar Shalom,
this is an old piece written one year...Sar Shalom,<br /><br />this is an old piece written one year ago today.<br /><br />Once again, I never advocated for Trump, nor did I vote for the guy.<br /><br />But it is hard not to notice how soft the media was on Obama compared to how miserable it is toward Trump.<br /><br />I would argue that the US is treading on political ice that is more breakable than we may realize.<br /><br />What we are slowly getting beyond is a "moral crisis" created by the media and the political institutions.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-31575335389580050872017-11-15T10:38:45.005-08:002017-11-15T10:38:45.005-08:00Good stuff, Mike. I think you're really on to...Good stuff, Mike. I think you're really on to it. JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-42277472154564591752017-11-15T09:18:29.421-08:002017-11-15T09:18:29.421-08:00"at the hands of a world-famous gazillionaire..."at the hands of a world-famous gazillionaire "outsider" who refuses to speak in the tired politically-correct jargon of the school-marmish, safe-space-seeking, yet semi-fascistic, Obama coalition"<br /><br />What about absolute LIAR? Someone who claims that slashing tax rates for corporations and the super rich is aimed at the middle class while socking the middle class with a loss in the deductibility of their state and local taxes. Someone who accepts at face value Putin's denials of interfering in the election last year.Sar Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249389597567433544noreply@blogger.com