DMB said ... to Platt, Yea, that was pretty much what Ian said. I said nothing of the sort. I explicitly said I 100% agreed with you DMB, and asked another question about that one individual.
Please stop the ad-hominem attacks DMB. Ian On 8/7/08, david buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dmb said: > ...Obama's intelligence, humor, clarity and centerness are very impressive. > Its a real breath of fresh air after nearly 8 years of drivel and lies. He > was always against this stupid war. He's against stupidity in general. > Yesterday he said something about the Republicans that really warmed my > heart. He said something like, "These guys think its funny to mock what's > true. (Properly inflated tires save gas.) Its like they take pride in being > ignorant." The crowd applauded, cheered, rose to their feet for a standing > ovation and laughed pretty hard too. ... > > Platt replied: > Thank you Paris Hilton -- like totally awesome. The Messiah has come. Let us > all worship the Messiah. But first, make sure you tires are properly inflated. > > dmb says: > Yea, that was pretty much what Ian said. You guys should go to a drivel > festival together. > > And speaking of stupidity. Notice what's being mocked here. According to > Platt and Karl Rove's other parrots, Obama's popularity could hurt him in the > election. (Thanks, Jon Stewart) When did charisma and intelligence become a > character flaw, anyway? They think he has a messiah complex because he thinks > there are solutions to "global" warming. It has nothing to do with the scope > of the problem, they think. His concern with the rise in sea levels is just > megalomania. > > The Paris Hilton comparison is even stupider. It doesn't even deserve a > mocking response. > > Apparently, Platt and Rush Limbaugh's other parrots define "elitist" as a > person who does NOT take pride in being ignorant. When you grow up in the > middle class and then go on to graduate from Harvard Law, win a Senate seat > and then the Democratic Party's nomination for President, you are not an > "elitist". You're just an excellent dude. He is elite in terms of personal > accomplishments, but "elitists" are those who advocate "elitism". Being > popular, talented and accomplished is not at all the same as advocating the > return of an aristocracy or any kind of top-down government. Even within the > parameter of debate in a democracy, his political stance is approximately the > opposite of elitism. In contemporary America the major business owners are > the closest thing we have to a ruling class. They own most of the country and > spend quite a lot of cash in the capital to make sure things go their way. I > wouldn't call him a populist but one of Obama's central concerns is to get > that cas h > out of the capital on the premise that it drowns out the voice of the > people. This is an attack on actual elitism, not the imaginary kind. Sadly, > all this ignorant squawking about elitism is, in effect, an attack on > meritocracy. > > I guess that's why nobody is calling John McCain an elitist. He's the son of > an Admiral and went to an elite school (the US Naval Academy) and his > policies favor the financial elite that effectively runs the country but he > graduated third from the bottom of his class. So he's just a regular Joe > Sixpack. Sure, his wife owns the beer company and he doesn't actually like > beer, but hey, he's not too bright and he strikes a lot of macho poses when > talking about foreigners so he's our kind of guy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Reveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live. > http://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
