The Other Side

  • Posted by Angela
  • October 24, 2004

Ever wonder what it would be like to be on the other side?

“Dining nearby is a young girl who looks to be about 6-years-old; she gazes at my shirt with a look so forlorn, I expect to learn that Dick Cheney just stole her crayons.”

People in Newport are much too busy shopping at Prada to care about a Kerry supporter. He should have gone a little further south with that shirt on for his experiement; in my old neighborhood he would have his tires slashed in no time.

If he’d worn a shirt with this image on it, he could expect to have the tires sold to somebody in Tijuana and his car burned.

Just kidding. They wouldn’t really burn his car–just whack it really hard with the doors of their Jags.

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Written by:
Stephanie
Posted on:
October 25, 2004 at 5:14 pm

Yea, I was just in Newport doing a gig this weekend and I was amazed at how few Bush signs I saw. Even here in Lakewood, home of many, many evangelicals
the displays are few. Either people are too busy, or there really is uncertainty about the guy, even among conservatives. I know I have a very conservative friend
in Irvine whose criticism of Bush is even more blistering than any of my progressive friends.

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richard
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October 26, 2004 at 8:03 pm

You might enjoy this article posted today by Andrew Sullivan (www.andrewsullivan.com), a conservative republican catholic who happens to be gay.

WHY I AM SUPPORTING JOHN KERRY. Risk Management.

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Written by:
Twinmama
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October 26, 2004 at 8:42 pm

Thanks! Here is the article Richard mentioned above: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?pt=qFFINfAm4eR7PMnY1tkQ2m%3D%3D

So far I have only had a chance to skim it, but the conclusion caught my eye: “When I read my endorsement of George W. Bush of four years ago, I see almost no inkling of what was about to happen and the kind of president Bush turned out to be.”

The rest of us knew a dangerous fool when we saw one…

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richard
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October 26, 2004 at 9:56 pm

just posted the link to my blog as well… I liked this comment:

“The greatest weakness of the war effort so far has been the way it has become a partisan affair. This is the fault of both sides: the Rove-like opportunists on the right and the Moore-like haters on the left. But in wartime, a president bears the greater responsibility for keeping the country united. And this president has fundamentally failed in this respect. I want this war to be as bipartisan as the cold war, to bring both parties to the supreme task in front of us, to offer differing tactics and arguments and personnel in pursuit of the same cause. This is not, should not be, and one day cannot be, Bush’s war. And the more it is, the more America loses, and our enemies gain.”

What appealed to me most about this article was its tone. He just stated facts and opinions matter of factly. The approach taken by people like Rove and Moore are NEVER going to be effective in persuading those who don’t agree with them.

Anyway, how do I add a link when posting a comment? Doesn’t seem to like embedded html tags :).