Comments on: Upon Further Review, John Aravosis Is Only Half-Unserious About National Security

By: On The Relevance of Caca (And Mohawks) at Blog P.I. (beta)

On The Relevance of Caca (And Mohawks) at Blog P.I. (beta) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:54:25 +0000

[...] Not to keep picking on AMERICAblog, but it is an influential site with 70K+ readers daily, and one of its chief contributors completely botched a new development in the George Allen story yesterday. Here’s Joe in DC, commenting on the latest explanation for “macaca”: The Allen campaign has come up with another very tortured explanation for the “Macaca” scandal. Apparently, in their world, calling Mr. Sidarth a “shithead” is somehow acceptable. Seriously, that’s their explanation. They’re claiming that Allen meant to call the guy “a shithead.” [...]

By: Zregime

Zregime — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:57:27 +0000

I can speak from my experience as a former liberal, having voted Fritz in ‘84. In that life, contradictions were not only common but also pretty cool. To be conflicted, you see, was to live the true life, rootless and searching. All the best artists were conflicted about SOMETHING. To have and hold dear a firm belief or worldview was to be a square: Falwellian and oh-so-middle class. Thus I proffer that the present confusion re foreign policy on The Left is not accidental. Less Iraq, they say, more Homeland Security…but none of these civil rights violations, no…spend more money on port security…but wait, we want open borders from here to Argentina…you CAN’T say something concrete about ANYTHING or you will have your hip credentials ripped from your uniform like Chuck Connors in Branded. The horror, the horror…

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:35:21 +0000

As well as the point.

By: mockmook

mockmook — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:59:07 +0000

Piggy,

That was pretty disingenuous; Kos just helped defeat a 3 term incumbent in the CT primary. Don't you remember doing the Snoopy happy dance all night?

Also, many of the above comments apply to Congressional Dems (their lack support in the GWOT).

You did miss the election, and you missed the near total absence of elected Dems proposing meaningful tactics on the GWOT. Would it kill the Dems to be ahead of the Repubs on any issue of National Security? Well, it will kill some of us if they don't.

By: lex

lex — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:57:28 +0000

Based on that last, I designate Piggy as at least half unserious.

By: David Jay

David Jay — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:42:58 +0000

Piggy:

Kos holds the elected position of Democratic nominee for the US Senate from Connecticut.

(by proxy)

By: Piggy

Piggy — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:38:56 +0000

So which elected office does John Aravosis hold? Or Kos for that matter? I must have missed those elections.

By: DT

DT — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:06:31 +0000

As of yesterday afternoon, Kos had not made a single post about the arrests. If that is the way the Democratic party is moving, count me out.

By: Chap

Chap — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:47:55 +0000

A couple of weeks ago a guy using the shoe bomb tactic killed a bunch of people in a mosque.

I'm not sure I understand why it is that shoe-checks have outlived their usefulness. Seems to me that once a thing is invented it's rather hard to uninvent it.

And I'm saying that knowing that I hate the entry process, shoes or not.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:14:31 +0000

"...e doesn’t mention Richard Reed..."

This hits real close to home: you mean Richard Reid. I don't need the unnecessary aggravation.

Cordially...