Comments on: What He Said http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:43:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41671 Duros62 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:50:40 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41671 Well, I'm sure there are some good ole' boys working on it. Well, I’m sure there are some good ole’ boys working on it.

]]> By: factcheck http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41670 factcheck Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:13:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41670 duros, maybe that should make a comeback? duros, maybe that should make a comeback?

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41669 Duros62 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:03:53 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41669 Well, at least we don't tar and feather Tories anymore. That's a start, right? Well, at least we don’t tar and feather Tories anymore. That’s a start, right?

]]> By: Steve Wasser http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41668 Steve Wasser Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:22:13 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41668 You know, we're really no more polarized in our politics than we ever have been. Alliances and public policies may have shifted from party to party, but modern democracy from Britian's parliment to our congress has been rife with bloodletting and vilification of the other side. We just don't have a institutionalized historical perspective on it. Each generation always thinks theirs is the one losing a grasp on the world and civility, but if anything, we've watered down our politics. YES I SAID IT <b>WATERED DOWN</b>. You know, we’re really no more polarized in our politics than we ever have been. Alliances and public policies may have shifted from party to party, but modern democracy from Britian’s parliment to our congress has been rife with bloodletting and vilification of the other side. We just don’t have a institutionalized historical perspective on it. Each generation always thinks theirs is the one losing a grasp on the world and civility, but if anything, we’ve watered down our politics. YES I SAID IT WATERED DOWN.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41667 Nimrod Gently Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:32:52 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41667 Wait, Kim Jong-Il is the worst dictator in the world now? I thought it was Achmed Dinnerjacket in Iran, or this Syrian bloke, or maybe Castro again. I wish they'd make up their minds. Wait, Kim Jong-Il is the worst dictator in the world now? I thought it was Achmed Dinnerjacket in Iran, or this Syrian bloke, or maybe Castro again.

I wish they’d make up their minds.

]]> By: Sundown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41666 Sundown Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:31:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41666 Of course it's your fault. After 9/11 the Democratic party and people on the left in general were well supportive of the President, in that they put snide partisanship aside. And by 2002, the Republicans failed to reciprocate, and smeared liberals to a terrible degree. So yes, the right-wing in general is much dirtier when it comes to politics. Maybe a case could be made that the left should take the high road, but you right-wingers sure aren't the ones to make that arguement. Of course it’s your fault. After 9/11 the Democratic party and people on the left in general were well supportive of the President, in that they put snide partisanship aside. And by 2002, the Republicans failed to reciprocate, and smeared liberals to a terrible degree.

So yes, the right-wing in general is much dirtier when it comes to politics. Maybe a case could be made that the left should take the high road, but you right-wingers sure aren’t the ones to make that arguement.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41665 Duros62 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:25:45 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41665 I think you've just nutshelled the "all-or-nothing" part, dugger. Don't talk to me about civility. The Regressives can dish out hate-speech, but, as Lewis Black said, the word "shit" makes them cry. I think you’ve just nutshelled the “all-or-nothing” part, dugger.
Don’t talk to me about civility. The Regressives can dish out hate-speech, but, as Lewis Black said, the word “shit” makes them cry.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41664 Dugger Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:12:47 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41664 Tom, So the lack of civility is our fault. OW is not at fault for using a 'nickname' of the world's worst current dictator (a left winger)to describe the President. Its Rush's fault OW uses that phrase. How nice to be a progressive! Tom,

So the lack of civility is our fault. OW is not at fault for using a ‘nickname’ of the world’s worst current dictator (a left winger)to describe the President. Its Rush’s fault OW uses that phrase. How nice to be a progressive!

]]> By: Dr. Anatole Gavage-Huskanoy http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41663 Dr. Anatole Gavage-Huskanoy Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:45:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41663 My favorite GOP mobile goalpost: being against idiotic wars is the same as being "anti-war," and is a symptom of "derangement." My favorite GOP mobile goalpost: being against idiotic wars is the same as being “anti-war,” and is a symptom of “derangement.”

]]> By: Dr. Anatole Gavage-Huskanoydr http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41662 Dr. Anatole Gavage-Huskanoydr Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:09:21 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41662 Bush referred to our troops as "occupiers" well before Zell Miller's nutball meltdown at the convention. Anyway, the lack of civility is a direct result of the talk radio-ization of the GOP, itself a descendent of Goldwater era. You could plot a clear inverse correlation between civility on one axis, and use of the term 'Democrat' as an adjective on the other. Bush referred to our troops as “occupiers” well before Zell Miller’s nutball meltdown at the convention. Anyway, the lack of civility is a direct result of the talk radio-ization of the GOP, itself a descendent of Goldwater era. You could plot a clear inverse correlation between civility on one axis, and use of the term ‘Democrat’ as an adjective on the other.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41661 Nimrod Gently Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:40:59 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41661 No, he's bemoaning the fact that the goalposts have been shifted. I'm much further to the left than Oliver, but still the way the political spectrums been moved toward the right, one feels like the stepchild of Leon Trotsky and Mao Tse-Tung simply for believing certain utilities should be renationalised. No, he’s bemoaning the fact that the goalposts have been shifted.

I’m much further to the left than Oliver, but still the way the political spectrums been moved toward the right, one feels like the stepchild of Leon Trotsky and Mao Tse-Tung simply for believing certain utilities should be renationalised.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/08/15/what-he-said/#comment-41660 Dugger Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:05:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2527#comment-41660 Really hope you are not bemoaning the lack of civility in political discourse. Tell me you aren't. I mean "Dear Leader" ring a bell? How about 'occupation' next item. Those bad ol' Republicans torture those desciptors out of you? Busheyman make you do it? Oh, irony of ironies! Really hope you are not bemoaning the lack of civility in political discourse. Tell me you aren’t. I mean “Dear Leader” ring a bell? How about ‘occupation’ next item. Those bad ol’ Republicans torture those desciptors out of you? Busheyman make you do it?

Oh, irony of ironies!

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