The comment about Hussein, given relevations about CIA torture of prisoners, appears to be quite accurate, as do his comments about Reagan. His statements about Bork were based on Bork's own writings and opinions.
Take care. Brett Weiss On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:11 AM, Johan Arve wrote: > >> You are giving credence to a KGB operative's version of a meeting >> with a "friend" of Kennedy as Kennedy's actual view?! You don't >> know if the meeting even really occurred, much less whether it >> faithfully reflects Kennedy's mind. > > I'm not giving credence to the report. The Times, Forbes and historian > Paul Kengor does. > >> Probably the first time this chat has treated a KGB memo as gospel. > > This is of course an example of the Ad Hominem technique that Ted > Kennedy excelled at: > > EMK on Bork: > > "Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into > back-alley abortions. Blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, > rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, > school children could not be taught about evolution." > > EMK on Ronald Reagan: > > "He should not be able to reach out from the muck of Irangate, reach > into the muck of Watergate and impose his reactionary vision of the > Constitution on the Supreme Court and on the next generation of > Americans." > > EMK alleging moral equivalence between Georg W Bush and Saddam > Hussein: > > "We now learn," "that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new > management — U.S. management." > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
