Smarter People Than Me Agree
Published by BG on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 4:52 PM.TheAgitator.com: Cowards
But the way Paul's been treated for daring to suggest that we take an approach to foreign policy other than pure good versus pure evil, and that we--God forbid!--pay due deference to context, motivation, and unintended consequences just disgusts me. He shouldn't even be allowed in the debates? What the hell is wrong with these people? I'm about as jaded and cynical about politics as one can be. I don't disgust easily. But this childish, isolating, self-protective bubble in which the pro-war camp has encased itself, and the way it has enabled the media to shunt contrarian opinions to the fringe is appalling. Ron Paul was the only person on that stage who said anything remotely resembling the truth. And for that, they must silence him.
Just for sake of context, Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda of the 1980s liked us just fine when we were funnelling them money and arms to fight the Russians in Afghanistan. If they had a problem with Joan Collins' decolletage or the "Like a Virgin" video, I'd like to think they would have said something back then. Further, it's insane for the party of the so-called "Big Tent" to attempt to shut a candidate out of their debates. It takes an incredible stretch of one's imagination to reconcile "Big Tent" and "STFU," almost as big as the stretch between "the party of fiscal responsibility" and "what's happened since the 2000 election."
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