Begin forwarded message:
From: "David P. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: September 26, 2006 7:38:27 PM EDT
To: "W. Craig Trader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IP] more on stature?
McCain is viewed as a "nutty" Senator by many Republicans,
particularly by Rove, et al.
The same lack of "stature" seems to apply to the various flag-rank
retired military professionals who have resigned quietly, rather than
participate in the fiasco.
I've thus concluded (as I noted) that stature no longer means what it
used to mean. What we used to call character is now viewed by the
media and by nattering nabobs of Neoconservatism as lunatic treason.
W. Craig Trader wrote:
I would argue that John McCain has the stature to speak knowingly
about
the usefulness and effects of torture -- and he's saying that
torture is
wrong and does not meet our national needs or objectives. How much
more
stature do you need?
- Craig -
Begin forwarded message:
From: "David P. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: September 26, 2006 1:28:21 PM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: stature?
Lauren -
Forgive me for laughing. You want somebody of "stature" to stand up
to the bullies and a**holes who can't see how torture degrades them
in the eyes of the world?
The problem is that "stature" today means a well-known person who has
made a career ov being an opportunistic suck-up to the rich and
powerful. Someone who lacks personal courage and builds his
reputation by paying image consultants like people used to pay
hairdressers.
Being saved by a coward seems unlikely.
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