Yelling fire in a crowded, burning theater.
A warning that lives will be lost unless every flees immediately. That sounds like Wilson's warning.
Posted on 09/19/2009 3:24:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Unlike the New York Times.
There seems to be a little fear in Frank's voice there, no? Wasn't the party line last April that these tea party types were a fringe element, not worth paying attention to? A failing health care takeover attempt, the forced resignation of an administration communist, and the bravery of a few kids changes everything, doesn't it Frank? Not feeling so smug anymore?
I wonder if there's ever been another time time in American history like the last few weeks, where an ideology so far out of power has driven the agenda so forcefully. I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing party switching from swing district dems soon.
LLS
No it wasn't, and I can't waste time reading further.
Intellectually handicapped whiners have no place in my universe.
A fire is instantly fatal; Obama's lethality much more slowly so.
Otherwise the urgency is just as real.
It is still legal to yell fire when the theater is actually on fire --- isn't it?
we can thank Beck,Breitbart an O’Keefe. Acorn is going down further and Obama with them.
Just another white liberal projecting his own racial biases
It is?
I always took it as pretentious psychobabble masquerading as deep thought.
Nothing recently has changed that assessment.
Ugh what tripe! The ONLY reason the “rage” wasn’t “in the same room” as Zero before is that he only appears before prescreened sycophantic crowds because he’s too cowardly to speak without a teleprompter or answer real questions from real people!
What a tool Rich is!
Yelling fire in a crowded, burning theater.
A warning that lives will be lost unless every flees immediately. That sounds like Wilson's warning.
“the racist component of Obama-hatred has been undeniable since the summer of 2008, when Sarah Palin rallied all-white mobs to the defense of the ‘real America.’”
Oh, Lord. Does anyone actually believe this? Or are they so twisted by their own talking points that they don’t know which way is up? The Blue State/Red State thing precedes Obama, you fool. What she means by the “real America” is Red State. Not necessarily all Republican, but less Democrat. And the crowds weren’t all white. But even if they were, what about when Obama address’ black crowds and incites them to pursue liberal activism? Is that racist?
“It was the first time that the violent rage surging in town-hall meetings all summer blasted into the same room as the president.”
First of all, it was the first time Obama didn’t speak to a stacked crowd since the Healthcare Push went South.
Second, that’s a pretty low bar, since very little time has passed since the townhalls exploded with violent racism, or whatever. What about all the boos directed at Bush? Wilson was just one guy; plenty of Dems interrupted Bush. But I guess they’re irrelevant, because the townhalls changed everything, and now we’re on the verge of a Civil War, as opposed to participating in the time-honored democratic process.
Third, there was nothing violent about the outburst, aside from the fact that it was shouted higher than regular speech. Of course, it was a big room.
Finally, are lefties really hanging their hats on the Wilson thing? Of all the things Obama’s opponents have done, that’s the symbol of violence and racism? That dog won’t hunt.
>Wilson’s televised shout was tantamount to yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater.
Oh, that must be why there was a stampede for the doors and poor Joe Biden was crushed like a cigarette under my heel.
Wait, that didn’t happen. Maybe Frank Rich isn’t being completely forthright.
Ain't it great? I want to see another 10,000 over the next month.
The poison of 'racist' is losing its sting.
That will last a long time, and the Left will be without what has been a deadly weapon.
Rich can really fling scat. If any White politician associated with a White equivalent on a Rev Wright for years they would be called a racist and the label would stick.
Some Liberals do not believe minorities can be racist, that racism is the sole property of White people. I don't think Rich is that stupid, but he performs for the prevailing views of his fans just like Beck. Beck is blessed with a better class of fan.
>Wait, that didn’t happen. Maybe Frank Rich isn’t being completely forthright.
Yeah, that was my point.
So Beck used the race card, whatever. i don’t approve of it, but that’s, 1 instance compared to the 100 trillion liberals have under their belts.
That is true. Liberal’s, notoriously led by Jimmy Carter and Maurine Dowd, are opposing the entire 9/12 opposition to Obama’s policies as based in White racism. Hillary Clinton would have had similar polices and similar opposition.
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