Letters to the Editor
shooter242
Published Letters: 1590
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Carter never utter the word "malaise"?
[Read the article: The great right-wing fraud to repudiate George W. Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And so he didn't.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_crisis.htmlBut he did say in that speech
I began to ask myself the same question that I now know has been troubling many of you. Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?
It's clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper -- deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession."....
....It has been an extraordinary ten days, and I want to share with you what I've heard. First of all, I got a lot of personal advice. Let me quote a few of the typical comments that I wrote down.
This from a southern governor: "Mr. President, you are not leading this nation -- you're just managing the government."
"Some of your Cabinet members don't seem loyal. There is not enough discipline among your disciples."
"Don't talk to us about politics or the mechanics of government, but about an understanding of our common good."
"Mr. President, we're in trouble. Talk to us about blood and sweat and tears."
This from a young woman in Pennsylvania: "I feel so far from government. I feel like ordinary people are excluded from political power."
And this from a young Chicano: "Some of us have suffered from recession all our lives."
"Some people have wasted energy, but others haven't had anything to waste."
And this from a religious leader: "No material shortage can touch the important things like God's love for us or our love for one another."
This kind of summarized a lot of other statements: "Mr. President, we are confronted with a moral and a spiritual crisis."
"The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation."
Does anyone here recognize the similarity between these comments and the ones made here? Does anyone understand why Carter was vilified for his speech containing these quotes?
* It's waiting for someone else to fix a problem
* It characterizes the country as a loser
* It's defeatist
* It doesn't offer positive leadership.It is being mired in negative imagery that lead to the election of a "positive" Reagan. This a historical object lesson you can absorb as a group or ignore and repeat. Your choice.
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@ bucky 1
[Read the article: The great right-wing fraud to repudiate George W. Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think you will find that, fairly or unfairly, Mr. Carter was vilified for a horrible economy. The economy was so bad that almost anything the man said was treated with aggressive misreading of the words. You of all people should understand the concept. -- bucky1
Indeed I do. One thing we can certainly agree on, is the tribulation of Loud Witless Misanthrope.
As for Mr. Carter, one can certainly say he was a victim of bad timing (recalling Ford's Whip Inflation Now buttons) but you have to admit he was not a tower of strength the country could look to. Between the misery index, selling the Panama Canal, the Iranian Hostage crisis, and "lust in my heart", spiced with being attacked in his boat by a rabbit, the man was a well meaning flop as a leader. -
Gee, does all this mean Glenn is a conservative?
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]WT--Once the Republicans are returned to their true base and destiny as a regional party of Confederate Irredentists, Military-Industrial parasites and irresponsible capitalist swine in general, those of us who want any future at all, let alone a decent one, will have to go after the Democrats -- and yes, I mean you, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton -- who still think that there's political hay to be made in increasing our military budget.
What! Policy differences! I guess that means Mama and Bama aren't true... what ever it is that you are. Politically that is. It's positively scandalous.
By the way, what marvels of modern life brought to us by "irresponsible capitalist swine" have you eschewed to remain morally pure? Anything, or are you just striking a pose? Heh.
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re: 242's problem
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is that because he's incapable of formulating an independent thought other than the ones he's spoon-fed, when he actually encounters one it creates confusion. He's incapable of understanding that a group of individuals can think independently and yet join together voluntarily in order to achieve a common purpose. His us/them dichotomy is so ingrained that he's literally blind to any other way of thinking.-- Paul Dirks
This is funny. How many in this group have had anything, anything at all, positive to say about Bush, conservatives, or Republicans? None, I would venture. Hell, even liberal folks like Bucky get blasted for not following the party line sufficiently. There is no independence here, just different hues of leftist orthodoxy. Chavez would be proud of this group.
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Another untruth unfurled. Rank ignorance perhaps?
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]El Cid...
They had power. They had ultimate power. They had complete power. And they tried every one of their crazy ideas and failed openly, publicly, embarassingly.Sorry bud, but Democrats had control of the Senate for the War Authorizations, the Tax Cuts, and I believe the No Child Left Behind act among other things. While I'm sure a Republican Senate would have done the same thing, Democrats get the credit. Just as they will for the continuation of the war, Amnesty, corrupt Congressmen, and whatever else happens between now and 11/08.
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Wrong point.....
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those same Republicans cannot now argue that the absence of an underlying crime somehow vitiates the charge of perjury. -- Jeff W
A jury found Libby guilty. What conservatives want is similar sentencing. Berger stole classified documents, lied about it, then pleaded guilty. He got probation. Clinton committed perjury, had his law license lifted and settled a civil suit for a large amount of money. He stayed in office and now makes millions.
Libby is sentenced to 30 months in jail, double the guideline. As usual, IOKIYAD.