Letters to the Editor
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Is McCain's temper..
real or more creation of the M$M? Having a temper meaning you don't suppress your feelings is fine as long as you don't think or act irrational. Our society wrongly equates anger as bad. It is neither good or bad. How you use your anger is the key. Michael Jordan got mad and upped his game using fair tactics. Junior or the Dick get mad and we all know what happens.
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@Arne, RMP
What I want to know is what's Iran's navy doing in our strait anyway.....
Don't you believe in the Law of the Sea Treaty?
Ron Paul... The UN also wants to confiscate our firearms and impose a global tax. The UN elites want to control the world’s oceans with the Law of the Sea Treaty. And they want to use our military to police the world.
No thread is complete without a mention of Ron Paul.
Especially now that Glenn has endorsed John Edwards.
RMP, thanks for the Van Riper link. I will not accept your surrender, sir, as no state of war was declared and I saw no hostile act on your part.
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Dirigo
Whatever the psychology of people like Limbaugh and the rest, I'd bet they can't get their minds around the fact that we now have to face the issue of torture, and it is impossible to make it heroic. Can't be done.
One number: 24
One name: Jack Bauer
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Grain Of Salt??
I used to give 'em (the military and the government) the benefit of doubt. I also used to think that the Israelis were the cat's pajamas. Funny how looking at stuff from both sides can change all that.
"The US military had also mis-read Iranian radio communications in the past, most notably in 1988 when the USS Vincennes, an American guided missile cruiser, mistakenly shot down an Iranian civilian airliner over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 passengers and crew.
“I’d take this with a very large grain of salt until we get more details… who knows, this could be a turning point or it could be an isolated incident with no significance at all,” Professor Gary Sick, an Iran specialist at University of Columbia, said. “This is contrary to all the positive signals we’ve seen in recent weeks from both sides. This strikes me really as an aberration,” Prof Sick, who served on the US National Security Council under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan, told The Times."
I sometimes wonder. Imean, if we caught some bad guys doing bad stuff, why would they plaster it all over the headlines??? You'd think they'd keep this stuff secret. But then again . . .
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@RMP
Steve Clemons on McCain and the anger thing, and Steve Clemons likes McCain so you know this is of concern to those who really like the guy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/john-mccains-anger-fur_b_15288.html
Steve's Blog:
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002145.php
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OT, but delicious...
Kristol debuts with a "fact" that requires correction.
Josh Marshall has the goods:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2008/01/whoopsie_kristo.php
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OT- Somewhat, But I Must Set the Record Straight
I wish it to be known that not only am I not a member of the John Birch Society as was stated in the thread below, it has been has been exposed at Protein Wisdom that "Bitch [meaning moi] is a Stalinist." http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=10578#comment-302826
I tried so hard to keep my CPUSA membership a secret....but Glenn is leader of my cell, which explains a lot.
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Glenn's Endorsement Coming Tomorrow
No thread is complete without a mention of Ron Paul.
Especially now that Glenn has endorsed John Edwards.
-- L.W.M.
Tomorrow Glenn plans to change his endorsement to Hillary Clinton. Edwards was getting too little attention. Hillary will have been getting way too much unfair negative attention due to her, you know, welling up like a woman, rather than like a man. A man such as Defense Sec. Bob Gates, or congressman John Boner, or George Bush the smarter, or even the Mitt.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/07/clinton-tears/
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Temper
Wow--I just read a bit about The Temper, and GG is right--it's legitimate and documented. Look at newsmax's archives for a fairly comprehensive story about how the media covers his anger:
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/10/182118.shtml
To the last poster (militarypatriot?): Now that I'm well-read on the subject, it seems clear that McCain's temper is not used wisely but rather irrationally and immaturely. In fact, it seems that his public persona v. private persona runs polar opposite to Hillary: Where he is seen as charming and chummy (thanks to that "cool" factor with the press) by the public, those who know and work with him don't like him and worry about his stability--there are direct quotes to that effect from former Senators, at least one of whom is named. And he is apparently famous for sending apology notes for having lost his temper. Now contrast that with Hillary, who is known publicly as heartless but whose friends (quoted frequently--sorry no link here) comment about how warm she is personally. I read a news story somewhere once (before this presidential election) that the best kept secret in Washington was how well Senators from both sides of the aisle get along with and admire Clinton.
So is this a press thing, Glenn? It's clear that the media hate Clinton and love McCain. I have always thought that the truth always rises somehow. Can these two people really be so different in real life than their public personas?
Finally, isn't this anger thing a real story? I mean, from what I've read, this is actual news. What do you think, Glenn? Like most people, my only exposure to this temper thing was when it was used by GWB in 2000, and I guess we all thought it was "dirty tricks." Maybe there was some substance there. According to newsmax, the MSM worries about access, so they bury the stories about McCain's volatility. He apparently makes rude comments that are as or more out of line than George Allen's "maccacca" remark. (specific examples given). So why aren't they covered? My belief as to why some of us never took this story seriously, besides the fact that it came to our ears originally directly from Karl Rove, is that the media has been afraid to use specific examples.
I think this matters. I think he has a strong chance at the nomination. (LOL--I'm still influenced by that damn David Brooks's confidence)