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- Obama plans a leaner, cheaper military (WashPost) — I’m hearing the voice of Johnny Dangerously here: Because if we don’t do it, there’s a Chinese gang out there that’ll do it cheaper, and leaner…
- Bombs targeting Iraqi Shiites kill 72 (WashPost) — Later in the day, the NYT leads with this: Embrace of Militia Opens New Fault Lines in Iraq
- Manufacturing Is Surprising Bright Spot in U.S. Economy (NYT) — Surprising or not, I’ll take all the bright spots you’ve got.
- Death penalty sought for Mubarak (BBC) — That pretty much says what the story is about.
- Romney rips Obama as crony capitalist (thestate.com) — I figure we’re at the point I should start playing up what these guys say when they’re here, even if it’s not particularly remarkable on its face. This was in Charleston. John McCain and Nikki Haley were with him.
- Jon Huntsman, the forgotten man (The Guardian) — So I’ve got to ask: If a British newspaper notices him, how come people over here don’t?
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Re No. 6: Wasn’t it the Guardian that, after George W. was [re-]elected, posted a headline “How Can X Million Americans Be So Stupid?”
I read the Guardian when I lived over there. A very intelligent paper.
I read The Guardian and The Times most mornings, with my traditional English breakfast.
Once or twice, just for seasoning, I picked up a Daily Mail or the like…
The 2004 election was the most inexplicable presidential election in my lifetime. Without mincing words the Guardian got it right.
I have one thing to say to Kathryn and Bud: I’m not stupid. And I don’t appreciate you saying that I am.
OK, that’s two things. So I can’t count. But I’m not stupid.
And you know, one of the most obnoxious things that liberals do is assert their deeply held belief that people who disagree with them are stupid. It’s most illiberal of them…
Brad, I was quoting The Guardian. I made no personal assertions.
I do not necessarily agree that everyone who voted for W is stupid. I try to avoid global labels based on individual acts. I do not believe ALL liberals assert or even hold a belief that people who disagree with them are stupid. That’s a straw man thrown up by [some] lazy conservatives.
although stupid is as stupid does.;)
“And you know, one of the most obnoxious things that liberals do is assert their deeply held belief that people who disagree with them are stupid.”
Exactly, and in SC these are the same people who gave us Alvin Greene and then made up all kinds of excuses like “he was the first name on the ballot”. Whatever.
I think we hit a raw nerve. Not to re-hash the 2004, well, I guess I will rehash it a bit since it came up. The failures of George W. Bush were very apparent by then and even Brad’s own endorsement acknowledged as much. I’m just suggesting that given most American’s aversion to war, along with a number of other highly questionable decisions as president that outcome of that election makes no sense. And if you really, really did believe the Iraq war was a good thing then I suppose a vote for Bush was logical but I don’t think most people viewed it that way, even in 2004. Hence my agreement with the Guardian.