skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

the immoderate voice

we agree w/john cole at balloon juice...when the freepers piss off joe gandelman of the moderate voice, you know they've crossed a line:

you have people setting aside seconds of their finite lives to trying to discredit this kid [ed. note: graeme frost, who rebutted awol's veto of the s-chip insurance bill]. they deny that’s what it’s going on — but that is what it is and everyone knows full well that’s what it is.

why? because he made some points about policy. and rather than talk about the points, they are trying to discredit him and his family because that would (they feel) erase the points he made. it’s easier doing that then finding someone who can give counter arguments with facts and figures to negate frost’s points.

one conservative writer now says it’s ok to go after kids — if his kid did something wrong he’d be slapped down.

rather than link to that on this site, we’ll give you this link which also has a quote at the end that is quite fitting to the “level” of what now passes for political debate.

i would have included that quote here, but then i would have thought it was too snarky — but perhaps this time i would not have deleted it.
joe has been a good friend to this blog since the jurassic period, so we are happy to see him come down firmly on the side of decency in this matter.

as the ancient greeks used to say, moderation in all things, including moderation.

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posted by skippy at 4:36 PM |

2 Comments:

Just when you thought conservatives couldn't sink lower...
commented by Blogger Batocchio, 5:56 PM PDT  
I think we need that ultimate weapon from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Use it on Malkin so she can 'think like a woman' and discover the wonderful world of Empathy.

You'd figure someone who went through a big issue with having her personal address sent out would balk a little bit at doing the same thing to a 12 year old.

Malkin ain't Balkin.
commented by Blogger Blogtopus, 11:00 PM PDT  

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