Letters to the Editor
Anonymust
Published Letters: 2031 Editor's Choice: 74
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It isn't just you, Yellow Dog...
[Read the article: Fred Hiatt and the "Triumphant Top Gun"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ever since Gannon/Guckert hit the scene and then left as abruptly, I've been wondering what he was really doing in the WH. And with whom. Unfortunately, during the previous congress, that trail was never really investigated, even though it seemed to be relevant to national security, given the entrances and exits. Nor did either the previous or current WH Press Corps deem it a worthy story.
And it is always a sure bet that anything that the GOP over-reacts to is a really hot button for them, and not necessarily in a "good" way. Constantly, ceaselessly, they project.
In fact, the "gayness" wouldn't be such an issue if they weren't trying to use it as a wedge issue for their own benefit. You'd think the Log Cabin Republicans would finally say "Enough!" Hmmm...maybe we need to get some one to infiltrate their organization?
You also have to wonder why some of the more enlightened Republicans don't finally say, "You know, this morality stuff is not only not working for us, but actually hurts us. Maybe we need to find a new niche."
The DC Madam may have more to say on this topic... even if only indirectly.
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a cheap rhetorical device?
[Read the article: Fred Hiatt and the "Triumphant Top Gun"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Au contraire!
Use the photos, Glenn. It isn't your fault that many pundits' pictures reveal so much about them that belies what they say (mainly, their lack of virility contrasted with their war-mongering. There! I've said it... because I can.) It applies to all of those guys you mentioned, and more.
The value of the visual link for your readers in being able to connect what they read here with what they see on TV is incalculable.
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You're right, Zack
[Read the article: Fred Hiatt and the "Triumphant Top Gun"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]a safe bet that Rove had planned this sort of image even before Bush became president...
One of the money quotes (for my money) that has been quoted all over, is Rove (on when he first met GWB) about how he (GWB) had so much charisma, etc. For the record, Bush was wearing jeans, boots, and a leather jacket, and was somewhat windblown.
Here's a link to The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1165126,00.html
And a supporting paragraph:
The incident marked the genesis of the Rove-Bush axis and it was in Washington that Rove met the younger Bush. He fell, politically speaking, in love. "Huge amounts of charisma, swagger, cowboy boots, flight jacket, wonderful smile, just charisma - you know, wow," Rove recalled years later. In 1977, Rove was sent to Texas, in theory to run a political action committee, but according to one Texan political consultant who knew him at the time, "It was really to baby-sit Bush back when Bush was drinking".
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"pander" to "that element" of their party?!
[Read the article: The president's veto]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Alert: Pot! Kettle! Pot! Kettle!
But, seriously, about that range of 64% to 71% of the American public... isn't that range in line with the "permanent" majority Publicans have been lusting after? But completely squandered? By supporting GWB beyond anyone's wildest nightmare?
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Now, if there had only been a Greek Chorus...
[Read the article: Mission accomplished]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...witnessing and commenting on the bill having been delivered, on Bush's being too busy until tonight to veto it, and speculating about the ploys to come ...THEN, Dana Perino, et al, could complain about the Democratic Party's use of "theatre!"
And we would all be much more entertained.
In fact, just imagine! Wouldn't it be something if we really could have a Greek Chorus following W around and delivering a poli/theatrical play-by-play?
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a conundrum for WT
[Read the article: Fred Hiatt and the "Triumphant Top Gun"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree that asking the GOP candidates whether they believe the Rapture is imminent is a great idea.
However, there were a series of comments that work independently but if strung together make no sense...
that believers in the Rapture think it will happen in 2007;
AND, that a GOP candidate who does not believe cannot win the primary;
AND, that a GOP candidate who does believe cannot win the general election.
It's that time gap that bothers me; I have to agree with the second and third points.
This is where Heinlein could lend a hand. ;~)
[I will defer to the higher-road-takers re: Glenn using photos. Perhaps I was too flippant.]
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Antonia M
[Read the article: Fred Hiatt and the "Triumphant Top Gun"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Harper's has now put their entire archive online, available to subscribers only. I'm just waiting for my renewal to start up.
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I'm being tested...
[Read the article: The right's explicit and candid rejection of "the rule of law"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In the last thread, I ended up deferring to those who said Glenn should not post photos of interesting subjects of his posts, even though I think they yield a lot of information. (Does anyone else look at BagNewsNotes?)
And then GG posts something about Harvey Mansfield. I remember when his book on Manliness was published last year to much discussion, and how surprised I was then, about his... I can only say, most unmanly appearance.
Most likely, Glenn will continue as he has, but that does not mean we cannot look up the images for ourselves. So, after reading Glenn's post I checked out google images, and sure enough, there were lots of pictures of Mansfield, many of them accompanied by interesting text.
It isn't just GWB's manliness that he held up as an ideal. In an interview, he also mentioned Andrew Sullivan as being very manly, partly because coming out of the closet took so much courage. [sigh] I'm not sure how much more of this manliness I can take. (And I'm not being critical of Sullivan, since he's actually shown more nerve than most conservatives in his criticism of Bush. And he did show courage in outing himself.) But there really is something about this focus on hyper-masculinity, and I'm wondering if it has some of its current roots in "masculine" Christianity, since googling for that phrase will bring up some of the same issues, feminization of our society, Christ as effeminate, etc. (no unitary executive, though).
Another thing that caught my eye was Mansfield's description of manliness in men that is not usually evident in women. It involved men (not women) standing up for what they believe, particularly in the case of injustice... What news programs is he watching? Does he really think that GWB is sticking out his neck for the cause of injustice in the world?