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Edited on Sun Jun-18-06 09:38 AM by buddyhollysghost
I have been chastised for not "getting" Frank Rich. I get him, allright. Oh, at first I assumed he was a drug-addled pathetic thing you had to re-direct like a child.
But I've realized something. He's not demented or naive. He's just another one in a long line of cold-hearted, out-of-touch Big Boys. Yay for him.
"But as long as the Democrats keep repeating their own mistakes, they will lose to the party whose mistakes are, if nothing else, packaged as one heckuva show. It's better to have the courage of bad convictions than no courage or convictions at all."
Frank Rich June 18, 2006
Those two statements have been rumbling around in my head since I first read them. I had a real :wtf: moment trying to cut to this man's pathetic chase.
But now I get it. Rich doesn't give a flying Freedom Fry about America. He's merely a happy, well-fed spectator, enjoying the view.
And what a "heckuva show!"
Maybe Big Frank hung out in a chopper over New Orleans, munching on popcorn as he enjoyed the sight of drowning people screaming for help?
Or perhaps he hangs out at the checkout at the local superstore, watching seniors pick drugs over food?
Did he enjoy standing outside of polling places in Democratic-leaning communities, watching people stand in line for hours to vote and finally giving up and going home? (Oh, wait! There is no such thing as voter fraud. Only "weak" Democrats!)
Oh, I know. I bet he's been replaying scenes of our soldiers and Iraqi children getting blown up! Watching those arms and legs fly off is just one heckuva show, ain't it, Big Frank? Bet you hang out at the VA hospital and take pictures of all the dismembered Vets for shits and giggles, eh, Big Frank?
And all those women and gays squirming because they might have their naughty parts completely regulated by the government, ain't that just somethin' to see?
Oh and do not forget the corruption from one end to the other in the Republican leadership. That's been most exciting: shooting people in the face with impunity, spying on Americans, pissing on the Constitution. You kind of like it when they piss on your Constitution, dontcha, Frank? It just makes a great story, the way that sacred document - the one on which this nation was founded - gets trashed by the Other Big Boys. Tee-hee! Pass the popcorn!
Am I the only one who finds this attitude to be completely soulless and out-of-touch with America? If Rich were really "in the know" wouldn't he be focusing on the Repukes sinking image? Don't polls show Bush with a 70% disapproval rating, and the Iraq war running about the same numbers? How does this put Democrats in the hole? When you're wrong, you're still not wrong? When people distrust and disapprove of you, they really don't mean it?
Dems are putting on a show. The media do not cover that "heckuva show." It doesn't fit in with the agenda, but that does not mean America is buying YOUR brand of bullshit, Most Esteemed High Holy Poobah Rich.
And this statement: "It's better to have the courage of bad convictions than no courage or convictions at all."
Well, that just beats all.
You've pretty much summed up most of the journalists in America, Big Boy! Your convictions are to money and special interests and I'm sure getting into the right sort of fun little parties.
Millions of fed up Americans (the ones you enjoy seeing suffer - "heckuva show!!!!") may lack the courage or conviction to speak out right at this moment. This does not make you - who speaketh out of his ass with much conviction and courage - a "better" person.
They'll find their voice, and drown yours out.
But you, Mr. Rich, may never find your soul.
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