Comments on: Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming

By: D Metzger

D Metzger — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:12:36 +0000

Politicians are human, not saints. And the House? It’s members are even more “down to Earth” than their senate counterparts. Is it really so hard to imagine one of them getting upset enough to swear during the course of a private email exchange?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:02:38 +0000

Chief, the email wasn’t sent to the public. It was sent to Matt Stoller. Obviously, they know each other. The raw language is just as obviously the reason Matt kept the lawmaker’s identity confidential.

By: Chief

Chief — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:58:13 +0000

I find a plan in the site to which you link. And I could live with accountability and some hard & fast rules.

But, I have difficulty believing that any lawmaker, no matter how pissed-off and upset they would be, would use that particular 4-letter word even once, much less twice – in-the-same paragraph in a letter sent to the public.

“sons of bitches” and “crap” are a stretch. “Fuck” and “mother fuckers” I would have to see the letter to believe it.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:30:47 +0000

“We want you to answer some questions and then we’ll let you take our money” is not my idea of either genuine analysis or a sensible plan.

You should take the time to read this lawmaker’s email a second time. There IS a plan in there. It’s presented with much anger, which is entirely appropriate, but it’s there. If you can’t find it upon a second reading, just let me know and I will repeat it here for you.

By: Plumb Bob

Plumb Bob — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:57:09 +0000

Incredible and disgusting, the number of people who find this infantile whining encouraging. There isn’t an ounce of real analysis here; somebody who’s responsible for providing leadership and sober deliberation is simply throwing a tantrum like a three-year-old, and all the little three-year-olds are joining in.

The Paulsen plan is a nightmare, and opposing it is a good idea, but it must be opposed with genuine analysis and a sensible plan, not with beating fists and kicking the ground.

Here, read this: it contains genuine analysis and an alternative plan.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGE5MmE0YmRiODA3YTRiNzFlN2FmNDU5N2I0ZDc3YTE=

You may agree or disagree, but it’s not a tantrum, it’s a plan. THIS is the sort of thing people should be applauding, not the infantile screaming of infants in adult bodies. Don’t like it? Come up with an alternative plan, BASED ON GENUINE ANALYSIS.