[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL replies to Peter L about trooper gate and to Ben C about his question earlier today

[Ben Cittadino]

Pete;

Speaking of Gov. Palin, Frank Rich (of the NYTimes) had a reference in his
excellent column this past Sunday about her quote from Westbrook Pegler:

No less disconcerting was a still-unexplained passage of Palin’s convention
speech: Her use of an unattributed quote praising small-town America (as
opposed to, say, Chicago and its community organizers) from Westbrook
Pegler, the mid-century Hearst columnist famous for his anti-Semitism,
racism and violent rhetorical excess. After an assassin tried to kill F.D.R.
at a Florida rally and murdered Chicago’s mayor instead in 1933, Pegler
wrote that it was “regrettable that Giuseppe Zangara shot the wrong man.” In
the ’60s, Pegler had a wish for Bobby Kennedy: “Some white patriot of the
Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before
the snow falls.”

I don't believe it is possible to justify any use of Pegler's words in any
context in this day and age.  Either she (or her speech-writer) are Pegler
disciples, or guilty of appallingly bad judgment. Westbrook Pegler was a
very bad guy.

Best wishes,

Ben C. 

P.S.- Ed- Let me get this straight; You don't listen to Limbaugh, except
when you do?  Is that it? Anyway, 
WFAN(660 AM) is the place for sports talk up this way.  Give it a listen
next time you're up this way to take in a Broadway Show.



Tootle wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Here is the second paragraph of that report which you failed to mention,
> "Was the refusal to fire Mike Wooten the reason Palin fired Commissioner
> of Public Safety Walt Monegan? Not exclusively, and it was within her
> rights as the states' chief executive to fire him for just about any
> reason, even without cause."
> 
> Peter are you being paid by the Obama Campaign for your posts?  Are you
> familiar with the term 'cherry picking'?
> 
> Ben C. asked, " Do you think Rush Limbaugh has actually read Sowell's
> stuff, or just pretends?"  I do not listen to Limbaugh except when I am
> driving and that is usually less than an hour, so I have no idea of the
> answer to your question. I guess you must listen more than me.  Why don't
> you call in and ask him?  Let us all know what you find out.
> 
> As for talk radio, we have a couple of good sports talk shows here on
> Wcpi.  One is called 'Road Rage' with Walt Deptula.  He is quite
> knowledgeable and very critical.  His program may have helped get the
> Clemson football coach, Tommy Bowdin fired.
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p19981887/Obama%2Band%2BAyers.jpg
> Obama+and+Ayers.jpg 
>  
> 
> petelargo wrote:
>> 
>> ....except that's not what the bi-partisan investigation committee of 10
>> repubs and 4 demos found.  she clearly abused her power. now they are
>> looking into the sports complex that paid for their personal house with
>> government money. no small town washington reformer here.  just another
>> 'whats in it for me' politician. 
>> 
>> from the time magazine article linked below: " ......the Branchflower
>> report still makes for good reading, if only because it convincingly
>> answers a question nobody had even thought to ask: Is the Palin
>> administration shockingly amateurish? Yes, it is. Disturbingly so." 
>> 
>> http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849399,00.html?xid=site-cnn-partner
>> 
>> 
>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p19981887/Obama%2Band%2BAyers.jpg
> Obama+and+Ayers.jpg 
> 

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