skippy the bush kangaroo

Sunday, July 31, 2005

an offline reading recommendation

"blinded by the right - the conscience of an ex conservative" by david brock.

interesting and horrifying at the same time. a stark and quite frank look at one man's journey through the conservative trenches and his coming out, literally and figuratively, to see the destruction of his actions. it shows the underbelly of the far right conspiracy.

some interesting little tidbits on some conservative characters and their actions against the clinton administration....and interesting how they are still in the news today.

"in politics, as in life generally, a lot of what one does is oppose bad ideas," he told the new york times. "opposition is worthwhile for its own sake, good for the country." with the gop out of power, (bill) kristol had his major success with what he called "cheerful obstructionism" of the clinton health care plan. at a time when even senator dole was in agreement witht he clinton administration that the country faced a "health care crisis," the glib krostol coined a counterslogan" "there is nohealth care crisis" (hmmmm....and now the rethugs are slimming democrats with being "obstructionists" when they themselves relished in the idea?)

congressman randy cunningham compared a visit clinton made to moscow in 1969 while he was studying at oxford to the treasonous tokyo rose during world war ii. (for good measure, cunningham said the entire democratic congressional leadership "should be lined up and shot." (randy, randy, randy....and now you face the music of your own evil kickback scams. and haven't some current rethugs, like rep. peter king, call upon violence against democrats?)

sitting on an overstuffed sofa not far from me, (armstrong) williams had soemthing else besides strange justice on his mind. as he began to pepper me with graphic questions about wheather i was dominant or submissive in bed, i shuffled uncomfortably in my seat, looked away, and tried to change the subject. **some years later, williams was sued for sexucal harassment by his producer and former trainer, who charged that williams repeatedly kissed him on the mouth and grabbed his buttocks and genitals on business trips. the suit was settled out of court. (wow....that's leaving no child's behind)

my dinner mate john fund of the (wall street) journal's editorial page was a close political associate of gringrich, and similarly hypocritical. though he took positions aligned with those of the christian right, fund had not discouraged a young ex-girlfriend-the daughter of another fund ex-girlfriend-from seeking an abortion he offered to pay for. "i respect life, but i also make judments and i have different variations on that theme," fund told the young woman, according to a transcript of a telephone conversation she released to a reporter. (now mr. fund is frequently found on television being hypocritical)

a little online reading recommendation, too.

posted by Cookie Jill at 8:38 AM |