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• Friday, September 5, 2008 02:05 AM

  @ starrs & @ copper : the first two pinheads with more to follow.

  Fellow contributors: a comedic pause follows.

  @starrs writes:

  << What a novelty to have some truths spoken about the democratic nominee. ... He has never accomplished anything. Increased taxes will kill our economy (sic) actually result in less job growth and opportunity and security!! We need reform not tax increases. The chosen one by the media is not the right one to lead at this time- he cannot make decisions without committee approval because he has no experience. He has never served but had plenty of time to write 2 egocentric books. I completely disagree with the republicans on some issues but I was very proud to see a strong woman. What a transformative moment to see the VP holding her baby -- not someone else's. I have waited a long time for this!>>

  @starrs you are certifiably ignorant. If Palin’s screed was a novelty then you are a nominee for a Rhodes Scholarship. What truths were spoken? Seriously, how can anyone without a drool cup write as you did: He has never accomplished anything. Anything? Increased taxes pay for programs that help morons like you get the help they so deperately need. BTW: had you listened to what Senator Obama said, “95 percent of American taxpayers” will receive a tax break. @starr, if you are in that top 5% get a tutor. Oh, yes, about those “egocentric” books. Those two are autobiographies where writers write about themselves. How dear @starr would you have them written? And finally about that holding the baby business: for well over half Palin's screed the 7 year old was holding the babe; Dad did a turn as did Mrs. McOldFartyPants. Not a big leap to imagine Palin off-loading this to a nanny while she minds the government stuff.

  @copper

  This equally brilliant mind, writes in his cleverly titled “Very good speech”:

  << Wow - most of (the) letter writers here are a bunch of morons... At least give her a little credit, the speeh (sic) was brilliant even if you dont (sic) agree with all of her views. The shrill, condescending reactions of the left are exactly why the Republicans are going to win in a landslide in November.>>

  Reading @copper reinforces my fear of the phrase: jury of your peers. First he insults all contributing writers then asks us to support his position on her speeh (sic) which he asserts was brilliant without so much as an iota of proof or support. I for one miss the connection between how this speech triggers shrill, condescending reactions posits a Rethuglian victory. We leftists must be in some kind of mental and emotional Gordian knot: we are so constrained we can't stop the momentum of this hate-fest. Well, if @copper says it’s so then it must be.

  @copper follows up with the cherry on the sundae in a later entry:

  << Someone actually called Palin a tramp in an earlier posting. I automatically stop reading when I see something like that and dismiss the persons (sic) views out of hand. Oh, same goes for the use of the word Nazi as a descriptive term for anyone who is not literally commiting genocide.>>

  Warning to all: @copper is a person of high sensibilities and the super human powers to stop reading when an ad hominum developing is detected. You are also a hypocrite. @copper can refer to all who are writing as a “bunch of morons” but don’t be calling Palin a “tramp” and no frivolous use of Nazi. BTW @copper, none of the other entries save yours uses the word Nazi. But it is nice to know info. Helps me form a mental image of you.

  Just because you can provide an entry doesn’t mean you should. And if you do, at the very least, present a structured argument with facts in support of your ideas – few of us really care how much you liked it, how it was easy to dance to, or how you could “relate”. Sweeping generalizations, conclusions lacking support, and opinions without a shred of evidence are anything but persuasive or informative. Misspellings and grammatical errors don't paint you as stupid but bubblegum prose gets you there instantly.

  The ancients advised us to put our writing up for a year before publishing; in this electronic age, an hour would be enough.

  —OC CA Liberal Read OC CA Liberal's other letters
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