----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:29 PM Subject: Re: New Pentagon Papers Author
> --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All I am arguing for is the proposition that both > > Democrats and Republicans > > have been irresponsible in overstating how evil > > their rivals are. You seem > > to be arguing that only Democrats have been. > > > > Dan M. > > No, I'm arguing that Democrats have been _more_ > irresponsible, based on who says it. I'm further > arguing that the Democrats have used the claim of > "questioning patriotism" or dirty campaigning to > deflect any legitimate queries into their record on > foreign policy - we just say Doug do exactly that. > Kerry has _explicitly_ done exactly that on multiple > occasions. There's a big difference - whether it's > authorised by the top person or not - between what Al > Gore says and what junior staffer Jim Bob says. When > you further use the claim "the other side is playing > dirty" constantly in order to protect yourself from > legitimate criticism, then you lose _all_ standing > when your guys are actually doing more and worse. > Let's not kid around here. Wes Clark said that Bush > was unpatriotic - he _used that word_ - and that all > good Christians were Democrats. Al Gore claimed that > the President betrayed his country. John Kerry > claimed that all Republicans - and from the context > it's clear that he was talking about Republicans in > general - were crooks. You _don't see_ Republicans of > equal stature doing anything like that, and the > stature of the person saying it matters a lot. The head of the RNCC equated the actions of the Democrats with treason. The word "treason" wasn't used, but "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" is close enough to "or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort" in my book. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
