--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is also the possibility that her anti-Semitic > views written under > pseudonyms were not traced to her when her criticism > was quoted. It is > very reasonable, since she making those statements > under a pseudonym, to > consider the rest of her report questionable at > best. I think Doug using > her as a source without realizing that she wrote > anti-Semitic crap under a > pseudonym is perfectly excusable as an honest > mistake. Kennedy's staff > should be very embarrassed that they didn't vet her > before quoting her. > > Dan M.
No, I'm sure Doug didn't know. I don't have any problem with that. You have to be fairly batty (i.e., me) to follow politics with enough detail to have known who she was. But when you go to a source like that, and invest it with such authority, I think it should make you question the premises that led you to it. If I started quoting someone who turned out to be a John Bircher with such enthusiasm, it would definitely make me worry about what I believed. As for Kennedy's staff - why should they be embarassed? The 2000 nominee for President of the Democratic Party has accused the President of the United States of "betraying" - and that is a quote - the United States. Kennedy has made similarly hyperbolic claims. It doesn't surprise me in the least that Kennedy is relying on people like this. He might even agree. I would also say, by the way - could you find a quote from Bush or Cheney saying such things about their opponents? You most certainly could not. Anyone who has the gall to claim that Bush is questioning people's patriotism or running a mean-spirited campaign damn well better be able to explain that. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
