Comments on: Without, they gilded are so that it dazzles/ But inwardly all leaden and so heavy

By: abraham

abraham — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:03:00 +0000

Hugh Hewitt is an idiot who interviews other idiots, so why should anything he or any one of his guests says be interesting?

WHO CARES.

By: Martin Bento

Martin Bento — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:18:47 +0000

Walrus, various versions of that story were hashed out at talkingpointsmemo. It seems the straight scoop is that he offered to pay $20 to administer a blow job. Makes more sense than the reverse, since money was clearly not a motivator.

By: Walrus Gumboot

Walrus Gumboot — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:51:31 +0000

http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770711023

TITUSVILLE —Florida Rep. Robert “Bob” Allen, R-Merritt Island, was arrested this afternoon at Veteran’s Memorial Park on East Broad Street for solicitation for prostitution.

He is currently being booked into Brevard County Jail in Sharpes. The charge is a second-degree misdemeanor, according to police.

According to police, the park was under surveillance today by a detail of undercover Titusville Police officers. Officers noticed Allen acting suspicious as he went in and out of the men’s restroom three times. Minutes later, he solicited an undercover male officer inside the restroom, offering to perform oral sex for $20.

By: Walrus Gumboot

Walrus Gumboot — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:35:37 +0000

GOP = Family Values? NOT!!

http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770711023

TITUSVILLE —Florida Rep. Robert “Bob” Allen, R-Merritt Island, was arrested this afternoon at Veteran’s Memorial Park on East Broad Street for solicitation for prostitution.

He is currently being booked into Brevard County Jail in Sharpes. The charge is a second-degree misdemeanor, according to police.

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:31:20 +0000

Please be fair! Sometime what Hewett says is not what he means. What he’s really saying that Vitter is a slimeball hypocrite who should now go hide under a rock with shame.

By: helenahandbasket

helenahandbasket — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:13:17 +0000

Par for the course for “Hugh Blew-it”.

By: Koshchei

Koshchei — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:49:25 +0000

It’s probably most accurate to say that Vitter is guilty of cant, not hypocrisy.

Posted by BG · July 16th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

From what I’ve heard, he cant unless he is wearing a diaper.

By: JAG

JAG — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:28:08 +0000

Hewitt’s argument again points out the total hypocrisy of Christianity and Christians if not religion in general as the Muslims do a good job of it too. They espouse all of these issues of “sin” then turn around and in the same breath say, “It’s a given, we sin” to excuse their violations. Yet they are all to condemning of Gays for being “sinners” to the point of killing as just happened when some Russian Immigrant Evangelical Christians killed a young Hindi man here in Sacramento for being presumably Gay and Hindi (racial AND anti-gay slurrs were yelled by the Russians. So, Christian hypocrisy is glossed over permitting even MURDER. Vitter’s indiscression is not an issue for me, sex is nice. But his hypocrisy in voting for the Marriage Protection amendment, his “family values ” crap is awash. The Catholic pedophilia issue is another fine example of Christian hypocrisy.
As far as I am concerned, Christians and other religions can just shut up, take their hate and hypocrisy back into their churches and close the doors behind them. All denominations are equal opportunity discriminators and hypocrites.

By: Aaaargh

Aaaargh — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:26:36 +0000

It’s easy really. According to Hewitt, only liberals can be hypocrites. Why, Republican Christians are Washed in teh Blood of teh Lamb. They have only to have faith, so Paul says, and they are in heaven, God’s Chosen Few™

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:59:50 +0000

The Christian path is to be authentic, i.e. strive to be inwardly what you proclaim outwardly. Acknowledging sin (falling short) is a necessary first step in this process of continual self improvement. But one must also repent, i.e. change one’s behavior. To continue sinning while proclaiming the higher standard and feeling inwardly guilty about it (I’m giving Vitter the benefit of the doubt here) is clearly hypocrisy. Hypocrisy among the powerful is precisely what pissed off Jesus about the Pharisees. If you find Jesus deeply angry in the New Testament, chances are it’s about an aspect of hypocrisy by the powerful who use the Law and their social/priestly position to judge or exploit others. Another important aspect of acknoledging sin is, having discerned it in oneself, to be compassionate towards other sinners. Vitter is through, politically, because his base wants righteous judgement, not compassion, and Vitter can no longer deliver that with a straight face.

By: Aphoristic Style

Aphoristic Style — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:34:31 +0000

Hypocrisy is the vice of the virtuous.

By: abb1

abb1 — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:48:55 +0000

Clearly if you’re a Christian, only scribes and Pharisees can be hypocrites. Vitter is apparently neither, but Hewitt certainly qualifies.

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:09:53 +0000

I trust he’s prepared to defend Gore’s carbon-rich lifestyle along the same lines against cries of hypocrisy.

““Everyone’s standard is going to be broken. People understand that.”

Now where I have heard that sentiment and how it supports Hughie’s underlying argument expressed before? Oh, that’s right:

“…And secondly, you must be a pirate for the pirate’s code to apply and you’re not. And thirdly, the code is more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner.”

I think the Republicans have a slogan for ‘08.”

Yup, but perhaps a bit long for a bumper sticker or ad logline. Perhaps:

“Your Standards. Our Guidelines. (insert name here) ‘08”

By: Bill Gardner

Bill Gardner — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:03:57 +0000

Russell sez: That would require some actual work on his part.

Dunno. Gotta think that cunning and hustle count for something in both radio and the law. They have their use in science.

By: engels

engels — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:33:26 +0000

Matthew 23

1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

[...]

25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.