tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post6302652077018730335..comments2023-12-09T12:13:00.212-08:00Comments on AOL Journals 1st Old Hickory's Weblog: And this is *respectable* Republican commentary...Bruce Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022449143502020665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-70638771077158148032005-03-28T08:00:00.000-08:002005-03-28T08:00:00.000-08:00The resentment and anti-intellectualism that fuele...The resentment and anti-intellectualism that fueled Nixon's Archie Bunker crowd has been increasingly evident among Bush supporters. We have our share of nuts on the left of course, but I always give the folks who are not in power some leeway to throw verbal bricks at the establishment. What is remarkable is the prominence of loud-mouth loonies like Hanson at a time when the right wing have been in power for four years.<br><br>It seems to me that this says something significant about the nature of the GOP. This is a party which is continuously in attck mode, and prefers to throw insults at the opposition rather than offer any form of reasoned argument for their policies, let alone a conceptual or strategic framework. The best we get is a fuzzy nonsense from the President about expannding the reach of freedom and democracy -- a rhetoric that seems to be an essentially empty collection of disingenuous platidudes. <br><br>Between the nonsense of hacks like Hanson, and the bullshit offered by the President, I am convinced that the GOP is setting a very low standard for political communication. Ultimately, there will come a point when Americans will seek something more, and this regime will reach its ignominious end.<br><br>Neil <br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-27343797822431458922005-03-28T08:05:00.000-08:002005-03-28T08:05:00.000-08:00I wish AOL had a spellchecker for the comments fea...I wish AOL had a spellchecker for the comments feature. <br><br>"Platidudes" is an interesting coinage -- sounds like a group of young platypus males...in this case I meant to say "platitudes".<br><br>Neil<br><br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-34790887012620994232005-03-28T08:14:00.000-08:002005-03-28T08:14:00.000-08:00Actually, Neil, I kind of like "platidudes.&q...Actually, Neil, I kind of like "platidudes." That could be a useful word!<br><br>I think you're right in your comment, except for one point. In today's Republican Party at least, Hanson doesn't count as a "loony." He's taken to be a nuanced, careful, insightful thinker.<br><br>After all, this is the Party in which the President says that Rush Limbaugh, Mr. OxyContin himself, is a "national treasure." - Bruce<br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com