Comments on: Handsome is as handsome does http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/ Just another soapbox surfer Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: What’s wrong with Obama « The Confluence http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25896 What’s wrong with Obama « The Confluence Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:21:35 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25896 [...] going back to Jan 2008. Anyone who’s read what I’ve written about him (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) knows I think he’s an empty suit. An empty, bigoted suit, pressed by the [...] [...] going back to Jan 2008. Anyone who’s read what I’ve written about him (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) knows I think he’s an empty suit. An empty, bigoted suit, pressed by the [...]

]]> By: Acid Test » What’s wrong with Obama http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25894 Acid Test » What’s wrong with Obama Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:30:26 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25894 [...] going back to Jan 2008. Anyone who’s read what I’ve written about him (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) knows I think he’s an empty suit. An empty, bigoted suit, pressed by the [...] [...] going back to Jan 2008. Anyone who’s read what I’ve written about him (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) knows I think he’s an empty suit. An empty, bigoted suit, pressed by the [...]

]]> By: Acid Test » The right left http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25795 Acid Test » The right left Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:33:01 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25795 [...] Shorter Glenn Greenwald: quixote has been right all along. And also especially this [...] [...] Shorter Glenn Greenwald: quixote has been right all along. And also especially this [...]

]]> By: quixote http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25673 quixote Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:10:48 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25673 Thanks for the comments, folks! And, uh, George? You may want to check the rest of the content on my site before slotting me in as a neocon. Then you may want to come back and let people know that this is in no way indicative of your level of analysis in other cases . . . such as, perhaps, your reasons for supporting given politicians . . .. Thanks for the comments, folks!

And, uh, George? You may want to check the rest of the content on my site before slotting me in as a neocon. Then you may want to come back and let people know that this is in no way indicative of your level of analysis in other cases . . . such as, perhaps, your reasons for supporting given politicians . . ..

]]> By: George Wagner http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25671 George Wagner Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:11:23 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25671 I almost fell for this website. The I read this article and realized that it was just another Republican front. "Clean up their own mess" was a quote I remember from the last election and look how great it worked out for us. I'm not going to fall for such neocon tactics (as I didn't last time, even though enough Americans did to "swiftboat" John Kerry). Good try, though. I almost fell for this website. The I read this article and realized that it was just another Republican front. “Clean up their own mess” was a quote I remember from the last election and look how great it worked out for us. I’m not going to fall for such neocon tactics (as I didn’t last time, even though enough Americans did to “swiftboat” John Kerry). Good try, though.

]]> By: madamab http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25668 madamab Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:03:13 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25668 Very well said, quixote. Thanks for visiting my blog! Very well said, quixote. Thanks for visiting my blog!

]]> By: votermom http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25667 votermom Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:58:19 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25667 Great post. That's the problem with charismatic leaders. They ask you to follow them through hell and high water, and that's exactly where they take you. Great post. That’s the problem with charismatic leaders. They ask you to follow them through hell and high water, and that’s exactly where they take you.

]]> By: Reclusive Leftist » Blog Archive » This is your brain on Obama http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/comment-page-1/#comment-25666 Reclusive Leftist » Blog Archive » This is your brain on Obama Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:25:42 +0000 http://www.molvray.com/acid-test/2008/09/handsome-is-as-handsome-does/#comment-25666 [...] Quixote has a post up which enunciates well one of my biggest frustrations with the Obama cult of personality: the way it makes right-wing political positions suddenly acceptable to previously liberal people. It’s the “I trust Barack” phenomemon, which you can observe any day on the various Obamabot blogs whenever The Precious endorses some grotesquerie (liquid coal! faith-based initiatives! government spying!). As Quixote says: …I think Obama could do more damage to the country than McCain. People pretty much know what McCain stands for and whether they’re for it or against it. Good-looking governors make it a warmer ticket, but don’t change the fundamental equation. Obama, on the other hand, does one thing, says another, and enough people are so desperate to believe in him that they lie to themselves so that they can keep doing it. Look at the reaction on the left when he started promoting faith-based government. Suddenly the left, the left, was trying to find reasons why it wasn’t such a bad idea after all. The ability to make people believe night was day was Reagan’s talent. He succeeded in making selfishness respectable, and then even admirable. He could make people forget which way was up. It’s very hard to climb out of a morass if you can’t even see that. [...] [...] Quixote has a post up which enunciates well one of my biggest frustrations with the Obama cult of personality: the way it makes right-wing political positions suddenly acceptable to previously liberal people. It’s the “I trust Barack” phenomemon, which you can observe any day on the various Obamabot blogs whenever The Precious endorses some grotesquerie (liquid coal! faith-based initiatives! government spying!). As Quixote says: …I think Obama could do more damage to the country than McCain. People pretty much know what McCain stands for and whether they’re for it or against it. Good-looking governors make it a warmer ticket, but don’t change the fundamental equation. Obama, on the other hand, does one thing, says another, and enough people are so desperate to believe in him that they lie to themselves so that they can keep doing it. Look at the reaction on the left when he started promoting faith-based government. Suddenly the left, the left, was trying to find reasons why it wasn’t such a bad idea after all. The ability to make people believe night was day was Reagan’s talent. He succeeded in making selfishness respectable, and then even admirable. He could make people forget which way was up. It’s very hard to climb out of a morass if you can’t even see that. [...]

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