All Greta’s rightful (sic)indignation over it went out the window as soon as she did that.

Dave,

Perhaps you mean objectivity? Her righteous indignation was intact, although usually righteous indignation indicates some sort of moral superiority or high ground, which she doesn’t use because she didn’t stoop to Mrs. Mallick’s level. There is a difference between using bigoted pejoratives and saying someone is uncouth, piggish, etc.

We’re not too far away from losing our liberties in this country either; Fairness Doctrine, McCain Feingold, …

There’s some baaaad voodoo coming…

All Greta’s rightful indignation over it went out the window as soon as she did that.

Dave Rywall on September 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM

Actually, no. Contempt and indignation are important precisely because they are bodily preparations for destruction and revenge. Men’s naming those whom they despise trash and animals becomes preparatory to their treating them as trash and animals, and reciprocation isn’t cancellation, as you seem to think, but escalation.

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=178533

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/05/video-stewart-skewers-the-lefts-paranoia-over-mccains-ads/

So Greta calls Mallick a pig? Twice?

What an amazingly mature and professional examination of the column.

All Greta’s rightful indignation over it went out the window as soon as she did that.

Dave Rywall on September 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM

Dave, your reputation for fucking up the analysis of nearly every issue that comes up remains untarnished. That you might suggest someone has ceded the high ground in a discussion of “the white trash vote” and the suggestion that Sarah Palin is angling for the porn star look is quite remarkable, even for you.

As usual, HotAir readers are treated not only to the umpteenth reminder that liberals are stupid, vicious little queers, and the worst kind of hypocrites – as if one needed reminding – but also to the umpteenth reminder that no matter how idiotic the subject liberal appears, some other liberal clown like a Dave Rywall will effectively endorse their comments and defend them from return fire.

No hole too deep for you monkeys to jump into with a big shovel, eh Dave?

The lefties are running scared of Sarah Palin to put this much effort in a smear job that has no basis in fact.

Kuffar

(at the risk of sounding like a one-note poster)

Why are they running scared?

Look at the reaction the Palin pick initially had. An actual outsider getting a national nod? What sort of a message would that send to the prols, ask the solons of the Left.

The peasants (citizens) are in danger of revolting. No longer content to go about their business (business, by and large), leaving the vanguard of the proletariat to infiltrate and machinate at will, we find that the mildly celebratory atmosphere surrounding the Divine Sarah’s pick and initial presentation shows that the “conditioning” of the establishment press on the parents and of academia on their children is not as efficacious as the timetable would have had them think.

The point of that last long and tortured sentence (translated into “redneck” so’s even I can understand it): the Left is “larnin’” that their “bullsh*t” ain’t workin’. Sarah’s got ‘em riled up.

I wonder why McCain’s not noticing the “class war angle”, and — producing 3-5 ads a day — isn’t floating this one as a trial balloon. There’s been splendid traction whenever the Semi-Devine Mr. O’s been tarred with the “elitist” brush. Remember “God and guns and bitterness” crack? That’d have a lot more oomph than “Raines gave him advice” or “Wright’s a baaaaaaaad dude”.

…and, if anyone wants to tar me with “racist” for saying that Mr. O could be tarred, go right ahead. I’ll gladly provide my ample measurements to anyone who wants to supply me with a bedsheet and hood. I’ve already got the Confederate battle flag.

But why spend hours reading articles from a political perspective you don’t agree with and post comments that change nobody’s mind and only elicit torrents of abuse at yourself?

In the world of the malignant narcissist, the reaction is all-important. It feeds his ego: compiling the “lulz”.

The hatred by the establishment Left — the irony of attaching the word “establishment” to these folks, many of whom lived to “fight the Establishment” in their distant youth, delights me — has become quite toxic…and it didn’t take long….

Remember: they don’t hate Palin, hate Bush, hate Cheney, hate Halliburton, or hate Rush or Hannity or Beck or even O’Reilly. They hate us. Red state voter=infidel, apostate and heretic all rolled into one. Lucifer, in their cosmology, lives in a red state.

The Left is on a crusade, and Sarah Palin is their Saladin. More to the point, the Left is on a crusade and Sarah Palin is their Jud Suss.

The posh guy Greta interviews is right. We need to put this front-and-center and have a very loud discussion about the patina of objectivity of the Canadian press, American press, European press and the academia where they all learned their worldview.

(OK, he didn’t say all that, but I astrally projected into his cerebral cortex and did some shoplifting.)

When did Palin ever discuss her religion? When, in the 2+ weeks since she’s been in the barrel, has she done much besides recycle her acceptance speech?

She doesn’t like what Obama stands for, and has poked a few holes in the general direction of his resume. You’d expect that of the running mate of the guy who’s running against Obama. But, has she laid out her plan for a McCain administration? If she has, loan me the Ouija board you used to read it.

The Left is assuming a LOT in their trashing of Sarah. They think they know what she thinks…after all, as the avatar of their own fevered bete noir, they’ve seen her in their sleep since they were protesting in favor of the Sandinistas during the Reagan Administration…”Nicaragua is not our enemy!”…”NO nukes!”…”End The Patriarchy!”….

…I think that “pig” used twice is a fair recompense for “porn star looks”…Sarah looks nothing like the girls I’ve seen in the porn that I’ve run across…no visible tattoos, for one thing….

Greta’s husband was a Hillary supporter and has already announced that he is voting for McCain/Palin. I know it isn’t always the case but they both feel that way. Besides I think the Palin family is just too nice not to like if you spend time with them and Greta has spent quite a lot lately.

Cindy Munford on September 19, 2008 at 8:59 PM

OK, that explains it. I was going to say I remember Greta being extremely defensive of Hillary in the primaries and now she seems genuiely disgusted at the nasty attacks on Sarah Palin. I thought maybe she was a true feminist.

Dave Rywall on September 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM

Aren’t you supposed to be compiling that huge list of racist comments by Rush?