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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
... but you spend a lot of time bashing the left, Rupert... is there something you need to talk about? Sit here on the couch with me, tell me what's going on...
I'm sooooo teasing you, Rupert.  I absolutely agree with you about some very poorly adjusted people displacing their anger onto other people. Mildred D Taylor put it well in "Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry" when one of her characters said something to the effect that people who have nothing still want to feel like they're better than someone else.
And Timm, from your mouth to God's ear about DD's 15 minutes being over, please! Yeesh. |
I know you were kidding, but in all seriousness I don't constantly bash anyone. As much as I despise Bin Laden, you don't see me obsessed with him and bashing him every day.
And with regard to politicians in this country, I think is totally ridiculous to bash one party. I think that most of the Democrtas in office are very similar to most of the Republicans in office. I don't think it makes a big difference whether Joe Biden is the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee as compared to Orrin Hatch or whoever. They're both smart guys and their views are a lot more similar than different.
As I said in another post, the new House Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes(D) wants to send 30,000 more troops to Iraq. It doesn't make a difference whether this guy is a Democrat or Republican. There is very little difference between the two parties. Most of these guys from both sides of the aisles are fairly capable individuals who are just trying to make a good decision. I have no idea if it would be a good idea to send 30,000 more troops or not. But if we do it and it doesn't work out, I wouldn't bash this guy. He's just trying to do what is best. Whether the decision turns out to be right or wrong, I wouldn't blame Reyes because I know he is a bright guy that is using his best judgement. That's all I can ask for.
I would say the same for the Bush Administration. Bush had what appeared to be one of the sharpest foreign policy teams ever assembled. They thought that going into Iraq was the right thing to do. They were a very bright team that used their best judgement. In hindsight, it looks like they made a bad decision. I'm not going to bash them for it though. If we had done nothing and then Saddam ended up with nuclear weapons in 10 years from now and he used them, we'd be asking why we didn't take him out when we could have back in 2001.