Merlin1047 said:
Guess you're applying for membership in the tunnel vision club yourself. Talk about reaching. I could go over (again) the number of UN resolutions Saddam violated, his constant attacks on our pilots patrolling the no-fly zones, his repeated violations of the cease-fire agreement, his repeated interference with weapons inspectors, but what would be the point? It is obvious that you are not interested in the facts. Like many leftists you cherry-pick your facts. You cite those few which suit your purpose and ignore the many which do not. You continue to cling to discredited and disreputable sources for support.
Take a look around you, in your desperation you have allied yourselves with the likes of Micheal Moore - a pathetic hack whose pitiful and dishonest efforts have been lauded by anti-American interests both at home and abroad. Look at the voter base to which the Democrats must pander to remain in power. Democrats must seek out the laziest and most ignorant element in our society and dupe these people into believing that Democrats and big government will better their condition. The Democratic party and their supporters have degenerated into petty, vicious little gnomes whose only vision for the country is to defeat George Bush. And you care nothing for the damage you do to the country in your lemming-like rush to achieve that goal.
It is puzzling how allegedly intelligent people will voraciously devour the propoganda spewed by the likes of McAuliffe, kerry, Kennedy, Dean and other icons of liberal stupidity, while resolutely ignoring any and all objective factual data presented. How can anyone listen to the effete and ignorant statements spewing from the mouth of Teresa Heinz-kerry without developing an overwhelming urge to vomit? Yet somehow you hold that woman up as a fount of wisdom. Unbelievable. I can only surmise that you remain intentionally ignorant in a desperate effort to continue to support the Democratic candidate. Because you know that if you ever opened your eyes, ears and most importantly, your mind, you would find that you've been pursuing an illusion.
And I'm not sure WHAT they call that "phenomenon that you hate in others what you hate in yourself". Why don't you explain it to me? I bet if you look hard enough you'll find that it exists much closer to home than you're willing to admit.
I agree with a lot of what you said, however, I don't count myself among those who ally themselves with Michael Moore-- he is an activist, a ranter, and an artist, and as such, his views are one-sided, subjective, and subject to creative license. I am a liberal, but not a radical liberal, and I think as you get to know me better you'll know that I don't support the views of Moore.
And as to Iraq-- all the reasons you listed for going to war are all the reasons that I would have gone to war gladly to support. The U.N. is a wonderful NOTION, but if it renders itself impotent and irrelevant it is just that. A good idea. I would have been fully in support of a war to stop and to punish genocide in the North of Iraq as following through on U.N. resolutions such as crimes against humanity. Same goes to the impeded efforts of U.N. weapon inspectors-- open the doors and lift the blinds or the door's going to be kicked in. Then again, I never said these weren't perfectly legitimate reasons to invade Iraq, I've said all along I was in support of the war in Iraq, but not happy about the embellishments of the administration concerning WMDs and al Qaeda. They really didn't need to go that far to make their case, I would have been sold merely in lieu of the U.N. violations.
As to Theresa Heinz Kerry-- not a very eloquent or subtle woman. An extraordinairally generous philanthropist, but definitely not one cut out for public speaking. Then again, I don't support her or her frequent inane statements, and I'm not sure why you chose to accuse me of it.
As to hating in others what you hate in yourself, I was poking fun at Bully for the analogous tunnel vision.
I don't think I was justly lumped in with MM supporters, Theresa Kerry fans, and strict anti-war leftists. But that happens a lot on this board-- if you're overly critical of Bush and think the country could do better, people immediatley make assumptions about you. I've been guilty of the same kind of assumptions about liberals and conservatives alike, and I'm trying to get to know everyone well enough to be able to put their comments in a personal idealogical context. Work in progrss
OK, I will be dumb enough to bit so enlighten us with the right target!
