Warning: Rant Ahead MSNBC’s Howard Fineman fiercely fellates the frat-boy: Bible-centered faith = Unwilling to think for himself. Playgrounds of West Texas = Bullshit. He's an eastern elitist: Andover, Yale, Harvard. This piece is really over the top in a sad and sickly humorous way. The desperation the right is reaching in propping Bush up is now monumental. There is no anti-emetic on earth strong enough to keep me from projectile vomiting after reading such fawning, writhing sycophancy. To call Fineman a whore is an insult to prostitutes everywhere. :m: Peace.
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growing up on the playgrounds of west Texas The closest GW ever got to a public playground was riding his pony in the front yard of his idyllic secure upper class home. It is more likely that being the head cheerleader at Phillips academy was the highlight of Bush's fomative years.
What is the sarcasm factor? Goofyfish I'm thinking there may be a subtle sarcasm factor at play. While I agree the article paints a sickeningly sycophantic picture of Dubya, I'm having a hard time imagining that Fineman expects people to take the article that way. Why? I'm imagining Fineman has a college degree, which should make him smart enough to realize that kind of crap doesn't fly. Did you notice how the article was kind of pointless and drifting, and winds up with an almost abstract finishing line? Life is performance art, but I'm not going to gamble that this is what Fineman was after. However, even the news-talk world has its limits--do we really think the American people can put such abstractions together, or will they just chuckle it off as some puff piece in support of the president? A few factors to consider mosaically: - Some are noting a shift in the American voter: principle, not policy. The GOP crowed the war on terror in its hard-fought 2002 congressional victory, but the record also shows that those antiwar politicians who stuck to their line from beginning to election held their seats. People may not like the anti-war stance, for instane, but it's nice to have a guy in there standing on principle; it reduces the fear that s/he is going to screw the voters by flip-flopping repeatedly for special interests. - Not having extended television right now, I see a good deal of interesting crap. I was actually hypnotized by Maury-cum-Geraldo on the Michael Jackson FOX special. It occurred to me that Jackson will win this fight not because we think he's any less weird, but the public, tiring of absolute horsepucky, got to hear Mr. Bashir laying it on thickly. The special did little to raise Jackson's credibility, but it's nice that his wife and family stand behind him. The special did much, though, to hurt Bashir, who appears sharklike in his ambition and nearly Clintonian in his ability to spread hoo-hah like peanut butter. I mean, I wouldn't let the guy near my children, I wouldn't buy a car or house from him, and I would feel very uncomfortable allowing him in my home. Not because I care that he's an "investigative journalist", but because his methods reek. - How much crap can the people actually take from this administration and its cronies? Fineman's article seems so fantastic that I'm inclined to take it as a joke; a bad decision made after one too many highballs consumed over a blank screen and the racing questions of what the hell is worth calling news today. In consideration of what may be the people's respect for principle, I think the article is a little over the top, and only Bush's most rabid bandwagon will miss the cotton-candy aspect. The rest, even his marginal support, will chalk up another reason why they wish this administration could do what it's going to do honestly. In effect, there is a possibility that an article like this, so incoherent and irresponsible, will erode a small portion of Bush's support. It sure ain't going to win him any new fans. Seriously, if this article is what tips someone's balance toward war, they have no idea what they're dealing with. And there's not much we can do about ignorance but keep chipping away. :m:, Tiassa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
