--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> And its also time to again pick up the novel many of us read > in high > > school George Orwell's "1984" now more relevant than ever. You > can read > > it online here: > > http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/ > > I picked up a used paperback of it for 30 cents. I also tracked > down a > > copy of the 1956 BBC version on DVD which in black and white is a > bit > > more chilling than the 1984 version with Richard Burton. > Sometimes it's > > as if Karl Rove reads from it as much as "The Prince" for > inspiration. > > I've got a feeling that Karl may have lots of time for reading > shortly. > > > > "The war against terrorism will never end" is very Orwellian. > > > > Speaking of Orwellian stuff, has it occurred to anyone else here > that the whole 'Harriett Meyers for Supreme Court Justice' > nomination was a brillaint political scam to get Alito in? > > With her being so rediculously underqualified, it allowed the Dems > to vent and fume over her nomination, which was then quickly > withdrawn, giving them the appearance of a victory (and exhausting > their resistance). > > Then when Alito was proposed, if the Dems had gone after him as > strongly, it would have left the impression that they were just > naysayers towards any Bush nominee, seriously damaging their > credibility. > > I personally think this was Rove political engineering at its best, > or worst.
I kinda doubt it, because the Miers nomination made Bush look so bad, even--or especially--to his right- wing base, who were even more vigorously up in arms against Miers than the Dems were. If it was political engineering, it backfired. Bush would never go along with a scheme he thought would make him a laughingstock, even if he expected the eventual outcome would be positive (i.e., Alito). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
