Here's something to chew on in the meantime. It's so indicative of the usual tripe found on moonbat web sites. A 2003 paper by Rutgers sociologist Ted Goertzel offers some interesting insight into the left-wing psyche:
"In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of "new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
"The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. [ed. note: When have you ever seen a constructive idea on this web site?] They would run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures. Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line."
posted by: bean on 12.28.05 at 09:08 PM [permalink]
So ironic that the terror suspects Bush purports to protect us from might eventually be freed because of the haphazard and blatantly illegal way in which evidence against them was gathered.
The constitution is not just a piece of paper. I swore to protect it, and not the President.
CSpan had a program on, George Bush at Brooke medical Center im San Antonio made the following comment, refers to care for the wounded:
"You know i got wounded."
Who did he get wounded fighting?
"...it was with a tree..."
Oh the humor of those Augst 6th 2001 days... choppin' wood and cleaning out Brush.
Bush was not awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds though. Perhaps we should award him a Red Nose. Like the one Bozo the Clown wears. To match the way his nose looked from his skippy McFlightsuit days.
Any other recommendations? Can we name a medal after AWOL? Medal of Freedumb?
Honestly, he should be censured.
posted by: Mr.Murder on 01.01.06 at 08:45 PM [permalink]
Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of the DailyKos is on record* calling the Democrats in 1994 “a totally corrupted party.” That is an outrageous and defamatory statement, and Moulitsas should issue a quick retraction and full apology.
A totally corrupted party? That would necessarily include Democrats in the U.S House of Representatives in 1994, such as Nancy Pelosi, Ronald Dellums, Henry Waxman, Jane Harman, Patricia Schroeder, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Joe Kennedy, Edward Markey, John Conyers, and John Murtha, among many others.
It would also include Democratic members of the U.S Senate in 1994, including Barbara Boxer, Bill Bradley, Robert Byrd, Russell Feingold, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, Paul Simon, and Paul Wellstone, among many other senators.
Also included in the Democratic Party in 1994 was a little-known governor in a small northeastern state, Howard Dean. Were they all “totally corrupted?”
Moulitsas inexplicably says they were. Whether it was simply a poor choice of words, a deeply held belief, or a cynical ploy to sell books, he owes all Democrats an explanation and a sincere apology.
“That is what happened to the Democrats in 1994. We were the corrupt party then. It was not pretty being a Democrat. But it took Democrats 30 years to become a totally corrupted party and it took the GOP only 10 years.”
