On 6/17/06, Paul Zarembka wrote:
I believe [Sheehan] is ready to consider 9-11 as an inside operation. So, I got a book of THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF 9-11-2001 to her.
you want to undermine her own credibility? she'd have to defend herself against the already-existing -- and as a result intensifying -- GOP shitstorm. Then she'd have to pepper her talks with long lists of individual facts (and "facts") and long lists of possible logical connections between the facts in order to prove her case. People don't absorb this kind of thing well (except for those of us with Asperger syndrome). Alternatively, she could simply call for an investigation of the conspiracy. That would undermine her credibility AND not succeed, since the GOPsters control all three wings of government. None of this relates to the validity of the theory. Rather, it relates to the effectiveness of conspiracy theory as a political tactic for someone whose strength is her _moral_ strength. The theory _might_ be true, but that doesn't mean that pushing the theory is a good tactic. -- Jim Devine / "Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate." -- Bertrand Russell
