Guest TheProudDuck Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 "The combination of attack campaigns and media sensationalism has debased American politics and destroyed all traces of civility in public life. . . . Editorial writers and columnists may decry the decline of civility. Yet they rarely ask if their own behavior has contributed to and shaped the vicious partisanship that afflicts American life."--columnist Andrew Greeley, Chicago Sun-Times, July 2 "[President Bush] is not another Hitler. Yet there is a certain parallelism. They have in common a demagogic appeal to the worst side of a country's heritage in a crisis. Bush is doubtless sincere in his vision of what is best for America. So too was Hitler."--columnist Andrew Greeley, Chicago Sun-Times, June 11 (Via Opinionjournal.com) Quote
Guest Starsky Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Cool....I like this Andrew Greeley guy..... :) Quote
Guest TheProudDuck Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Originally posted by Starsky@Jul 2 2004, 02:38 PM Cool....I like this Andrew Greeley guy..... :) um ... "cool" because he wears his hypocrisy on his sleeve instead of hiding it?Didn't you pick up a little pot/kettle vibe with his decrying sensationalism and calling for greater civility one day, and comparing someone to a genocidal tyrant the next? Quote
Guest Jets Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Originally posted by TheProudDuck@Jul 2 2004, 03:53 PM Didn't you pick up a little pot/kettle vibe with his decrying sensationalism and calling for greater civility one day, and comparing someone to a genocidal tyrant the next? No, I did not. I see nothing sensational about comparing Dubya to Adolf. If the jockstrap fits... Quote
Guest TheProudDuck Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Originally posted by Jets+Jul 2 2004, 03:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jets @ Jul 2 2004, 03:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--TheProudDuck@Jul 2 2004, 03:53 PM Didn't you pick up a little pot/kettle vibe with his decrying sensationalism and calling for greater civility one day, and comparing someone to a genocidal tyrant the next? No, I did not. I see nothing sensational about comparing Dubya to Adolf. If the jockstrap fits... Whatever you say, pal./tunes out Quote
Guest Jets Posted July 2, 2004 Report Posted July 2, 2004 Originally posted by TheProudDuck@Jul 2 2004, 04:43 PM Whatever you say, pal./tunes out Whatever? Hardly. Suppose it's good to be a moderator huh, pal? Tune on this!! Quote
Snow Posted July 3, 2004 Report Posted July 3, 2004 Do you suppose that it dawned of Horace that he was hypocritical of was he so self-righteous that it just escaped him? Quote
Guest Jets Posted July 3, 2004 Report Posted July 3, 2004 Originally posted by Snow@Jul 2 2004, 07:52 PM Do you suppose that it dawned of Horace that he was hypocritical of was he so self-righteous that it just escaped him? Surely, a dilemma facing many of our self-appointed elite. I think of so-called Christians ordering the dropping of bombs on civilian communities or business like religions amassing billions of dollars, building overly decorous places of worship. Quote
Guest Starsky Posted July 3, 2004 Report Posted July 3, 2004 Originally posted by TheProudDuck+Jul 2 2004, 02:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TheProudDuck @ Jul 2 2004, 02:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Starsky@Jul 2 2004, 02:38 PM Cool....I like this Andrew Greeley guy..... :) um ... "cool" because he wears his hypocrisy on his sleeve instead of hiding it?Didn't you pick up a little pot/kettle vibe with his decrying sensationalism and calling for greater civility one day, and comparing someone to a genocidal tyrant the next? Well.....I guess it is all a matter of subjectivity....and objectivity....LOL Quote
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