tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post7849339858976963164..comments2023-10-10T10:34:10.843-06:00Comments on The Nexus of Assholery: Zig Heil, herr SteinPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-3234211982800003752008-07-31T19:18:00.000-06:002008-07-31T19:18:00.000-06:00Polarizing politics really brings out the extremis...Polarizing politics really brings out the extremists in droves.<BR/><BR/>As much as we may worry about the things that right-wingers are saying about Barack Obama, I think there's just as much reason to be concerned about some of the things being said about John McCain by the left.<BR/><BR/><I>Now</I>, that being said, I simply find it hard to believe that the right-wing fringe is in control of the White House. Let's be realistic about this: you still need to collect enough votes in order to be president and if you alienate too many voters you can't do so.<BR/><BR/>And if history has shown us anything, it's that American voters simply won't vote for fringe candidates. Barry Goldwater and George McGovern both learned this the hard way (McGovern was, at the time, a fringe candidate -- not so much anymore).<BR/><BR/>Obama is the last individual to become a dictator. He's the kind of politician who'll spend so much time talking to people trying to convince them that his agenda is the correct route that he would be too busy to resort to tyranny even if he wanted to.<BR/><BR/>I'm less convinced about Stein right now than I was when I saw <I>Expelled</I>. I still admire him on numerous levels (although I'm still more than willing to criticize him when warranted), but there's no question in my mind at this point that he has an agenda. He isn't quite what he's made himself up to be.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-10735022662654197632008-07-31T04:29:00.000-06:002008-07-31T04:29:00.000-06:00Like you, I'm trying to figure out if it's a good ...Like you, I'm trying to figure out if it's a good or bad sign that the right is saying such insanely retarded shit about Barack. I just thank goodness that, even though the left can be just as idiotic, at least we all hate each other enough to call each other on it. We have a built-in self-criticism reflex. Doesn't always work, but still, we generally keep our loonies on the fringe where they belong, and where we can find them when we need them. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for the right, their fringe is in charge of the White House right now, and they ones with brains are beginning to see what a mistake that is. In the meantime we have to put up with entire cable news networks whose raison d'etre is to blare rightwing insanity. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'm so afraid Barack Obama is going to take over as dictator. Excuse me, who's been trying to broaden the powers of the executive acres beyond the Constitution for the last eight years? Barack Obama? Who's been holding people without trial and tapping phones and torturing? <BR/><BR/>Stein is like some kind of geeking sideshow at this point. If Nixon's legacy needed anymore black eyes, Ben Stein's doing his part.yosephushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964545357507707447noreply@blogger.com