Comments on: Design for Kerry

By: Nat Whilk

Nat Whilk — Sat, 22 May 2004 20:05:27 +0000

hj wrote: “The presence of thick right-wing trolls on CT should not let CT readers underestimate the intellectual strength of the right-wing – it really is quite misleading!” About what percent of the bright right-wingers do you think fall into each of the categories you listed above ((i) masochists, (ii) delusional end-of-world cultists, and (iii) weapons manufacturers)?

By: hj

hj — Sat, 22 May 2004 19:27:41 +0000

Yawn…here goes. Given two candidates, if candidate A is so dangerous than only masochists, delusional end-of-the-world cultists, and weapons manufacturers benefit, it is indeed a perfectly expected and legitimate political position to support candidate B while concentrating on the lunacy of candidate A. Greater brains than mine can reel of a shopping list of people supported by the previous and current administrations because they weren’t as bad as the alternative (Chelabi is possibly an example). Kerry does have one or two good points as well. The presence of thick right-wing trolls on CT should not let CT readers underestimate the intellectual strength of the right-wing – it really is quite misleading!

By: Nat Whilk

Nat Whilk — Sat, 22 May 2004 15:53:24 +0000

Zak Catem wrote: “. . . the left have far more concrete concerns with Bush’s administration than the dubious and pointless accusations flip-flopping the republican machine is attempting to get re-elected on.” As long as you’re having sentences bronzed . . .

By: Zak Catem

Zak Catem — Sat, 22 May 2004 14:14:24 +0000

Justin: So what you’re saying is, words mean exactly what you meant them to mean when you said them? Good luck with that. For what it’s worth, the feelings I have about Bush resemble regret more than hatred. I think he’s a false and stupid man, but I don’t hate him for it. If you’ve been reading some of the more sensible liberal political commentary, you’re probably already aware that people on the left have far more concrete concerns with Bush’s administration than the dubious and pointless accusations flip-flopping the republican machine is attempting to get re-elected on.

By: pepi

pepi — Sat, 22 May 2004 14:01:56 +0000

Justin is right. You Bush-haters should be polite about your hatred. Dignified with your disgust. The etiquette of expressing dislike is important. You don’t want to do something so incredibly rude and offensive to the President as wearing t-shirts with a crossed W on them. Or even – gosh – vote him out. That’d be horrible and inhuman, dare I say, cruel treatment. You’re going to make poor Georgie cry. As if he didn’t already have so much to worry about. He’s running a country, unlike his opponents who can do nothing but criticise him. It’s always, always opposition. Haven’t they got anything better to do? That Kerry, he’s the worst, he even thinks he can take George’s place, who does he think he is? Those ungrateful anti-Bush barbarians, they know nothing of how democracy works.

By: Justin @ RSR

Justin @ RSR — Sat, 22 May 2004 13:30:35 +0000

The sentence actually makes perfect sense. Your agreement with the phrase actually proves my point. While I think Kerry is a nice guy, I have issues with his issues (his waffling on the issues for example demonstrating the abscence of a core). While you may have issues with Bush you express it as a Bush hatred and thus undermine your argument.

By: Zak Catem

Zak Catem — Sat, 22 May 2004 05:51:26 +0000

He’s right though. I’ve been trying to find ways to express my hatred for Bush in terms of interpretive dance and chromatic harmonies, but I’m just not up to the task.

By: Giles

Giles — Sat, 22 May 2004 05:03:25 +0000

Not very good shirts…

By: Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy — Sat, 22 May 2004 04:27:09 +0000

…trouble articulating their visceral hatred of Bush except in terms of hating Bush himself. That’s the best convoluted tautology I’ve seen all year. Bravo, Justin.

By: Zak Catem

Zak Catem — Sat, 22 May 2004 03:54:41 +0000

…trouble articulating their visceral hatred of Bush except in terms of hating Bush himself. I’m having this sentence bronzed. An incredible achievement.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 21 May 2004 22:08:01 +0000

jim, you want to elaborate on that?

By: synchronicity

synchronicity — Fri, 21 May 2004 21:33:06 +0000

Check out what Stewart's wearing (along with his Utilikilt) in the new Dykes to Watch Out For...

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 May 2004 21:19:57 +0000

I’m voting for Nader. Kerry is a disgrace to the country and to the party.

By: Kerim Friedman

Kerim Friedman — Fri, 21 May 2004 20:17:21 +0000

Thanks for the DOTWHO link! Willie, I wrote about something about Fish’s piece here.

By: megapotamus

megapotamus — Fri, 21 May 2004 20:08:07 +0000

Great idea, I’ve already altered my shirt with Bush branding the jackass, (you know the one!). On the back it now has in Sharpie “W:TCB”. My young communists for Gore shirt has “ABK” as an update.