Har! I guess Beinhart's world is the only "real" world:
Posted on 08/15/2006 7:25:03 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
August 15, 2006 - 10:06
Those mean-spirited Republicans. They're all about the politics of hate. And now this! Can you imagine, calling a political opponent an "evil, authoritarian, crypto-fascist puppet master"? Wait a sec. That wasn't a Republican. It's a Huff Poster describing Dick Cheney.
Oh, and for good measure he calls President Bush "a smiling, dry alcoholic with sadistic tendencies."
The author in question is one Larry Beinhart, who, as per his web page, is a member in good standing of the liberal establishment: Fulbright Fellow, novelist and screenplay writer, written for Newsday, LA Times, International Herald Tribune, Esquire. Couple Emmys.
The thesis, if such it can be called, of his column 'Americans with Disabilities: The Reaility Challenged, is that Bush, Cheney and company suffer from the "disability" of being "reality-challenged." Why do I suspect that if a conservative wrote such a piece about liberals, the 'disabled community' would be up in arms? Something along the lines: "Using the language of disability to attack political opponents is deeply offensive to the disabled community, while impoverishing the political conversation our country should be having." Sound about right?
Anyhow, according to Beinhart, "the reality challenged people are running the government." But - demonstrating that he's got a good sense of humor - Larry goes on to claim that Bush-Cheney "convinced virtually all of our media that their view of the world was real."
Oh yeah, those Bush lapdogs of the MSM. And Beinhart claims Republicans are reality-challenged?
Huffington Post/NewsBusters ping to Today show list.
That's okay. I don't usually feel all that insulted when a mentally challenged, retarded, micro-talent, pseudo-intellectual questions my ability to see reality. I usually think, "If he thinks I have problems, wait until he looks in the mirror."
I take offense at the mentioning of him being a Fulbright Fellow having anything to do with leftist mentality.
I was a Fulbright Fellow. Some of the best spies for the US are Fulbrighters.
Please call him an Halfbright.
Sorry about that. You're right I'm sure - Fulbrights come in all flavors!
Oh, and for good measure he calls President Bush "a smiling, dry alcoholic with sadistic tendencies."
At first I thought it was Martin Sheen.....
LOL! Good one.
Good job. For the sake of us all, they need to get a handle on the creeps who hate aka netroots, or the angry old white men who voted for Lamont. I know who they are, I think, and they are unreconstructed bad boys.
Very well thought-out...
Very sophisticated...
Very compassionate folks...
I am glad they are able to respectfully tackle the issues , agree-to-disagree... without going down the low road of personal attacks and the politics of personal destruction --
I am glad they can enter the arena of ideas and philosophy without breaching the dignity of the parties engaged in thought and conversation....
/NOT!
/SARCASM OFF..
Speaking of FULLBRIGHT's
Fulbrighters' gasps of horror follow clinton's "I always asked the same question for eight years, 'Can we kill 'em tomorrow?' I don't think we can bring 'em back tomorrow, but can we kill 'em tomorrow? If we can kill them tomorrow, then we're not weak...."
I suspect the horror was provoked not by the fecklessness and recklessness and rigidity and danger of the purported clinton 'terrorism policy' or even by the absurdity of the argument; I suspect the gasps of horror were in response, rather, to the "Kill-Bill" kind of violence contained in bill clinton's words.
Har! I guess Beinhart's world is the only "real" world:
By the way, that place should be called the "Huffingglue Post".
Good one! LOL. This guy has definitely been hitting the white-out ;-)
Had not seen it. So much love and understanding among liberals. They celebrate diversity.
I get confused between the MSM/liberal left's simultaneous claims that Bush is an evil genius and a dolt. Which is it?
I read the headline and thought this must be a post about Hillary.
Great point!
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