John wrote:
> I think that this is the core of the objection. At least "Slick Willy"
> made a criticism of Clinton.
>
> Shrub is simply insulting, and all to often liberals use it as a
substitute
> for actual debate and disagreement.
High horse? Get off it. Snit? Get over it.
Perhaps you remember this subject line of yours from a few years ago: "Now
he's a rapist". Boy, that discussion was a rational, calm debate. <snort>*
"Shrub" contains the same level of criticism as "Slick Willy", and IMO
provides a more legitimate basis for criticism: That GWB made his political
fortune (if not his monetary one) by riding the coattails of his father.
Name-calling in place of rational discussion is nothing new, and hardly
unique to those ding-dang liberals you love to hate. Marvin, Dan and Julia
have posted long pieces on the origin of the nickname "Shrub", and I
consider it considerably less insulting than the names some conservatives
use for our most recent ex-president and his wife.
"Shrub" stays, and you should be glad the Left isn't returning tit for tat
every slight they perceived during the last 8 years.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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* - I <snort> to comment on the overall tone of that foofraw, acknowledging
that I was asked to take it offlist at one point due to the <ahem> intensity
of the discussion.
