Originally Posted By DAR <<It is starting to appear that the strategy on the right (whether GOP sponsored or not) is to hit/attack/nitpick everything right out of the gate that the new Congress is trying to do. Try to get the stories to focus on these nitpicky things rather than on the bigger pictures and paint the new Congress as ineffective. Can't say I am surprised, but I am dismayed that all that seems to matter is politics and not policy.>> Again it's a two way street.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Oh definitely, DAR. I agree. I just wish for once someone would take the high road.
Originally Posted By HyperTyper Boxer's condescending, patronizing comments were ridiculous. First of all, it is clear she did mean it as a personal attack. She could have left it at "neither of us has lost a loved one" and that would have avoided any controversy (personally). But Boxer went on to boast that she has children and grandchildren, while Rice has "no immediate family." Her implication was clear as glass. Boxer's assertion that Rice is unqualified to appreciate the sacrifice appropriately because she doesn't have children of military age is just stupid. So what? NO ONE, even parents of 20-somethings, understands the sacrifice unless and until they actually lose a child, a brother, sister, or parent in war. And the lecturing Barbara Boxer already knows well that among those who have lost loved ones in Iraq, who understand more than anyone the sacrifice, the vast majority support what the troops are doing and their commander in chief, President Bush. (Cindy Sheehan excepted, of course.) Boxer's statement was pure emotional trickery, without an ounce of logic or integrity behind it. Incidentally, the treatment of the left towards Condoleeza Rice has been pathetic from the beginning. She has been subjected to cheap, racist and sexist abuse publicly and privately. Filthy songs about her on the radio, random and baseless insults on television ... based on many things, INCLUDING her gender and race. And I'm unable to think of one single Democrat, liberal, or what have you who has come to Rice's defense. What a bunch of hypocrites.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder But hey, let's work together and stop the name calling. Talk about hypocritical.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Talk about double standards -- it seems like it is taboo to critcize Condoleeza Rice at all. She is just too nice to be criticized. Let's not mention that she is probably the most inept National Security Advisor and Secretary of State to ever hold those offices and has never put forward a single idea that resulted in a successful foreign policy decision. Rice deserves a lot worse criticism than what Senator Boxer had to deliver.
Originally Posted By friendofdd I'm sure she can be critized, but it seems strange to do so because she has no husband or children.
Originally Posted By ecdc No one criticized her because she has no husband or children, as much as conservatives want to portray it that way. She was asked who would be making the sacrifice in Iraq since Boxer's family wouldn't and Rice's family wouldn't. Conservatives can huff and puff about this all they want, it doesn't change that the people who got us in ths mess - Democrats and Republicans from Congress as well as the White House - have made zero sacrifice for it from their own families. It's a fair question to ask why those who are so gung-ho over this war won't go fight it, and instead pontificate from posh government offices and on blogs and message boards. Where's the patriotism? Where's the love of country conservatives have hijacked so well? I know, I know, war supporters already put the "support our troops" ribbon on their cars, what more can they possibly contribute? Talking about literally the least you can do.
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