Let us learn a lesson from all of this

[RedSox02]

Remember when we (the people on the left) were getting blasted by the right a few short months ago? We were traitors. Anyone who opposed Bush somehow by default also hated our troops. The media was playing into it. Ann Coulter was rolling in the dough and laughing to the bank as people were buying her arguments. In short, the Right thought they had won their imaginary war against Liberalism once and for all and were playing the role of sore winners, kicking us while we were down.

Let us learn a lesson from all fo this. We don't need to resort to their tactics. We don't need to smear them all as racist. We can let Rush Limbaugh demonstrate their racial ignorance and insensitivity. We can let Michael Savage melt down on his own just because the Supreme Court decided we don't need a law to punish people for consensual sex.

I am proud of the left. Not necessairly the politicians of the Democratic Party, but the acitivists. People on this board, the columnists, those who have never given up in the face of adversity, even when it seemed like no one wanted to ehar what the left was saying. Even as the likes of Toby Keith and Charlie Daniels somehow managed to believe they had a clue what was going on in the world, everyone kept spreading the message. We didn't need nasty tricks. We let the Conservatives and the GOP die by their own sword. Let's not resort to their tactics now that the tide has turned. Let's just stick to what we have done best. While Tom Delay and Karl Rove come up with new ways to associate the left with Al Qaeda while simultaneously claiming Bush has tried to "change the tone" in Washington, we can just keep reminding people of what is really going on in this world. In the end, the dirty smears of the right get old. Their nasty bashing of Clinton led to his eventual 70% approval ratings. Their recent cockiness has led to a drop for Bush. Let us learn a lesson from all fo this.

[HFishbine]

1. A Corollary

Sox, I agree. Another reason not too get nasty is that those who bought the bullshit are still our brothers and sisters, figuratively and literally. We may want to scream, "How could you have been so stupid," but humiliation won't help. People are coming around on their own, and we'll help them if we give them a welcoming path to the truth.

We fought for the truth, but we have no claim to it. It is available to any and all who seek it. Imagine if you had been badly duped. Would you be inclined to join those on the side of right if they continued to scream about your failings?

Our wrath should be directed at the people responsible for the lies. Our sympathy whould be extended to those who were duped.

(on edit: Go Braves!)

[zls44]

2. LETS GO YAN-KEES!

:D:D:D:D;)

That was a modern day Game Six...now go win that series! I want Bahstain in the ALCS!

[RedSox02]

7. Yeah that was a tough one last night

Luckily I went to bed in the eighth inning with the sox up 4-3. I decided I had seen a great game up to that point and if they ended up losing, I didn't want to be awake to see it happen. I would love to see a Sox-Yanks ALCS. However it is going to be tough.

[zeemike]

6. I totally agree with all of the above

And it was well said.
( and I hope the Red Socks rock this year)

[rwork]

3. I would like to see

a list of people who took on the bush* admin., from the beginning. Who had the courage to put their careers in jeopardy. The Dixie Chicks, Howard Zinn, Al Gore, etc. They will have the satisfaction of hearing, "you were right."

[HFishbine]

5. And Yes,

Our thanks heaped upon those who stood firm.

[Richardo]

4. Hear hear, RedSox02 - leave the over-reaching to the GOP

They do it every time, and it bites them every time.

Remember Deep Throat in All the President's Men:
...you build from the outer edges and go step by step. If you shoot too high and miss, everybody feels more secure.

I hate to admit it, but I DON'T like the timing of the Limbaugh/drugs story...will be seen as piling on and further "evidence" of liberal media politics of personal destruction.

I would have preferred to wait a month or two THEN spring the drugs story.

And this will distract from the Plame investigation. A shiny metal dangly thing to capture the attention of the populace, full of racism and drugs. WooHoo! Outing a CIA operative is boring compared to that.