Ever churlish, the Princess of Pout trots out her best “not-us” whine about the objections of some democrats to a showing of the pile of trash slimevets4Adeserter movie. Der Duchess:
THUGGERY ON THE LEFT: Protesting the broadcasting of "Stolen Honor" on the public airwaves is one thing. Using threats to shut down a public screening of it is another. The Kerry people are being thuggish and illiberal in this. They should stop it.
Just another case of selective memory for one so addled on T-Gel and cannabis that brain functions is slowly ceasing...or at least long-term memory. How about this?
What the world watched was a GOP melee. When Geller walked out of the room with a sample ballot, the crowd accused him of stealing a real one and responded as if he had just nabbed a baby for its organs. Geller says he was pushed by two dozen protesters screaming, "I'm gonna take you down!" Luis Rosero, a Democratic observer, claims he was punched and kicked. Republicans dispute the charges, but video cameras caught scenes of activism that had morphed into menace. The organizers in the RV outside, who GOP protesters have told TIME were led by hardball Washington strategist Roger Stone, had phone banks churning out calls to Miami Republicans, urging them to storm downtown. (Stone could not be reached for comment.) One of them was a fire fighter, Rob Eltus, 45: "What Americans are finally seeing is Republicans fed up."
Remember that you piglet? Thuggery indeed. They want to stop a movie...your fantasy paramour Stone stole an election.
Illiberal indeed.
posted by Jo Fish on 10.20.04 at 08:27 PM
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Once again Sullivan shows that he is as out of touch with reality as his hero, President Nosecandy. Apparently, people voting with their wallets by boycotting that to which they object is no longer a legitimate means of expression with Sullivan. No, to him that is "thuggery".
Do you think he knows that what he writes is stupid?
As I remarked to General Mills in my email informing them I was discontinuing use of their products: a broadcaster using the public airwaves to show only the owner's private views is not freedom of speech, it is abuse of public property.
Freedom of speech is presenting your views in an open forum; freedom of speech is buying an advertisement to present your view (in a system where your opponent also has the right to do so).
My right to spend my shopping dollars differentially so as not to support (even via a degree or two of separation) Sinclair Broadcasting's bad behavior is yet another form of freedom of expression.
Any goofball right wingers who disagree are obliged by their principles to immediately go buy at least one copy of Fahrenheit 9/11.
posted by: TomR on 10.21.04 at 05:27 PM [permalink]
andrew sullivan. when will this douchebag go away? oh how he despises illiberality, and then supports a nazi like preznit vacuity. talk about a phoney.
F911 was taken down and still went to the top of the charts.
The cream of the crop always emerges on top. It is what the best and brightest have always done. John Kerry answered that call several times over and the results are of merit.
This film is losing money to air. Turn off the lights, last one out. A movie so bad nobody wanted to see it.
So they try and broadcast it via a right wing network. It's why Pat Robertson even spoke against Bush this week. He is the largest advertisement for neocons going. The seven hundred club is in effect a 527.
Pat's panties got creased when he saw Sinclair stock nosedive. He fears the same amount of scrutiny on license renewals.
posted by: Mr.Murder on 10.21.04 at 11:15 PM [permalink]
