U.S. writer Sontag blasts Bush [and Schwarzenegger] in Germany

AP (via Nola.com) ^ | October 11, 2003 | Melissa Eddy

[John Jorsett]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)

[concerned about politics]

Sontag said Bush's policy breaks with America's tradition of consulting with allies on global matters instead of acting alone.

He believes in the Decloration of Independence, the Federalist papers and the Constitution, and national soverinity - unlike Clinton.
How dare he be so....so.....pro-American!

[concerned about politics]

"I think as long as the USA has only one political party — the Republican Party

Stop right there. I like the sound of it.

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[okie01]

"I think as long as the USA has only one political party — the Republican Party, a branch of which calls itself the Democratic Party — we aren't going to see a change of the current policy," she said.

Susan truly misses the Communist Party.

If she weren't so vicious, she'd be humorous.

[concerned about politics]

"It's really the end of the republic and the beginning of the empire," she said, referring to ancient Rome.

Wow. Was this article written in 1992? Kinda old, isn't it?

[risk]

"It's really the end of the republic and the beginning of the empire," she said, referring to ancient Rome.

She has international freedom in the west to be critical because of American involvement in the first and second world wars, Pax Americana, and our victory in the Cold War. Writers like her will continue to be free to be critical of the west precisely because we are going to defeat Islamic nationalism as well. The militarism in the far east today would also threaten Sontag's freedom. But our armed service members are ready again to lay down their lives for her right to criticize.

[concerned about politics]

"We are in a new civilization,

We have been truely blessed. Amen.

[1rudeboy]

Sontag a Buchananite? Who'd have thought?

[concerned about politics]

Sontag, whose works have been translated into more than 30 languages, is a lover of European literature, especially German classics and philosophy.

She is popular in Germany, where she has lived periodically. She also spent three years in Sarajevo during the Serb siege of the Bosnian city in the early 1990s and has campaigned on behalf of jailed and persecuted authors.

Notice how it doesn't mention anything about her undieing love for America. What a liberal dork.

[concerned about politics]

"I am immodest enough to think that even if I hadn't spoken up about Bush I would have earned this prize anyway," she said.

"I love me."
yep. Liberal at heart. By their fruits you will know them.

[Kay Soze]

With whom did we consult when we went to Kosovo?

Vietnam?

Haiti?

[nothingnew]

He believes in the Decloration of Independence, the Federalist papers and the Constitution, and national soverinity - unlike Clinton.

Yeah. I don't care what color the Dechlorination of Dependents is, my soverinity is dam important to me, along with my Bil'o'rites!!

(my bad, but couldn't hep myself)<)P>FMCDH

[Unam Sanctam]

I believe that Sontag supported the Kosovan intervention for humanitarian reasons. I gather she thinks that Kosovars are of greater value than Iraqis.

[concerned about politics]

(my bad, but couldn't hep myself)<)P>FMCDH

LOL. Sorry.
I never have bragged about my exelent spellin abilatys. onist.
I swear, I'm perfect in every other way. Honest. Seriesly, and my horns are only there to hold my halo up. I'm not kidding. Really.

[nothingnew]

heh heh heh...just having a little weekend fun, and glad you can take a little jabbing. If there were more people like you and me around, life would be a lot more fun.

FReegards,

FMCDH

[Brilliant]

These old foagey Democrats are just unable to adjust to the new realities.

[concerned about politics]

These old foagey Democrats are just unable to adjust to the new realities.

The regressive progressives know not which way they went.

[longjack]

Here's a link to the story and her picture in a German magazine:

"Der Spiegel"....Susan Sontag lobt Schröder und attackiert Walser

To parapahrase, this article emphasized her position that Germany, although making progress on the Holocaust issue, should not close the book on it and move on as her prize's predecessor, Martin Walser had suggested in 1998. She praised Gerhard Schroeder's foreign policy, even, she said, if it was mostly done for campaign purposes; it mentioned the democrats as a subset of the republican party thing; and that she was dismayed that current US policy doesn't follow the multi-lateralism of the previous administration. It also said that she was encouraged by the choice of the Iranian women for the peace prize.

All in all, I felt the article was somewhat inocuous in comparison to some of the things I've seen written in the German media.

longjack