[Rhodes22-list] Politics - more republican hypocrisy

[Herb Parsons]

There's a part of me that takes delight, call it a character flaw, when 
I see people that have self-righteously slammed others for their 
"sexist" views, the "bigotry", and their "closed mindedness" reveal the 
truth about things - they sexism meant you don't view woman's rights the 
same as I, that bigotry meant that my stereotype views are simply 
observations, and my open-mindedness means that I'm right, and you're 
closed minded because you don't see it.

For what it's worth, the "delight" I take in that is an equal 
opportunity character flaw. I equally disliked some of the religious 
fanatics that got their come-uppance.

Michael D. Weisner wrote:
> Herb,
>
> I get little pleasure from the misinformation of knowledgeable individuals 
> on either side.  It seems to be destructive.
>
> I know, you're entitled to your opinion but, why is it so much fun to watch?
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 
> 2008 12:08 PM
>   
>> So Pete, is that the lemonaide flavored kool-aide?
>>
>> Exotic and different is a valid description.
>> What a person eats has nothing to do with being a "quintessential
>> American story", what they do, does.
>>
>> Being a radical, unpatriotic, 'secret' anything has nothing to do with a
>> person's name. It has to do with what they do, and what motivates their
>> actions.
>> Naming your kids has nothing to do with whether or not your a maverick.
>>
>> Where you graduated from has nothing to do with stability.
>> Being well-grounded in your 40's is hardly reflected by what you did in
>> your 20's.
>>
>> I think you see the trend here.
>>
>> New phrase for the day - non sequitur
>>
>> Palin's really got you and yours worried, huh? It's really fun to watch.
>>
>> petelargo wrote:
>>     
>>> If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic,
>>> different."
>>> Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.
>>>
>>> If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic 'secret' Muslim.
>>> Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, and you're a maverick.
>>>
>>> Graduate from Harvard law School and be President of the Law Review, and 
>>> you
>>> are unstable.
>>> Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well 
>>> grounded.
>>>
>>> If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, create a voter 
>>> registration
>>> drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a 
>>> Constitutional
>>> Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district 
>>> with
>>> over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and 
>>> Human
>>> Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate 
>>> representing a
>>> state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the
>>> Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs
>>> committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
>>> If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council 
>>> and
>>> 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as 
>>> the
>>> governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to
>>> become the country's second highest ranking executive.
>>>
>>> If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2
>>> daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
>>> If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your
>>> disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a 
>>> Christian.
>>>
>>> If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the
>>> proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society. If, 
>>> while
>>> governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other  option 
>>> in
>>> sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen 
>>> daughter
>>> ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.
>>>
>>> If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a
>>> prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city 
>>> community,
>>> then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent
>>> America's.
>>> If your husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with a DUI conviction and no
>>> college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was 
>>> a
>>> member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the U.S., 
>>> your
>>> family is extremely admirable.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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