Christopher Hitchens Endorses Obama

[Cleon]

Hitchens is neither a conservative or a Republican. Since you are the only one profering this absurdity, we can now move on to why Bush 43 IS a Republican, but not necessarily a conservative.

So, faced with the fact that you've argued yourself into a corner, you change the subject.

 

[KingMerv00]

Ole KO looks amazingly like Anderson Cooper. I told you finding contrary opinions on KO would be a Herculean task.

Whoops...I was in a rush and I was a dope.

Again

 

[davefoc]

Whoops...I was in a rush and I was a dope.

Again

Jeez, you mean it's going to end here. I thought there was at least one more joke over this that somebody could make at your expense.

 

[Ausmerican]

Don't look for Hitchens on MSNBC's Olbermann or Maddow. Contrary views are as scarce on their shows as hockey players in Santo Domingo.

Well lets see. As I mentioned before Rachel has Pat Buchanan on semi regularly. Then there was Frum last week. And since YOU said:

I still think KO and Raychill Maddow are the same person doing a split screen.

Then I guess you are saying that means both of them have had contrary views on the respective shows.

 

[Cicero]

Well lets see. As I mentioned before Rachel has Pat Buchanan on semi regularly. Then there was Frum last week. And since YOU said:



Then I guess you are saying that means both of them have had contrary views on the respective shows.

The reason MSNBC employs Buchanan is because he is anti Israel, an isolationist, a critic of Bush 43 and all his policies, loves Putin, and therefore, he is a voice they love hearing from. The only thing Buchanan may argue with Raychill about is gay marriage. Small price to pay to have PB&J join in on using Bush 43 as a piñata.

What to provide a link where anyone on "Countdown" has a different opinion than KO, or where Raychill and KO differ on anything

 

[negativ]

To the actual article for a second:

Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear had to feel sorry for the old lion on his last outing and wish that he could be taken somewhere soothing and restful before the night was out. The train-wreck sentences, the whistlings in the pipes, the alarming and bewildered handhold phrases—"My friends"—to get him through the next 10 seconds. I haven't felt such pity for anyone since the late Adm. James Stockdale humiliated himself as Ross Perot's running mate.

This has been exactly my thought about McCain since his VP pick. I've felt an unshakable urge to feel sorry for him. I figured I was just crazy (and of course I may yet be).

My personal pet conspiracy theory is that McCain, whether he knows it or not, is not in control of his campaign. It almost seems like Palin and McCain are running two barely-related campaigns.

 

[gdnp]

Garrison Keillor came out with a nice column in support of Obama:

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/30816284.html?elr=KArksc8Pc:Ug8Pc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

It was dishonest, cynical men who put forward a clueless young woman for national office, hoping to juice up the ticket, hoping she could skate through two months of chaperoned campaigning, but the truth emerges: The lady is talking freely about matters she has never thought about. The American people have an ear for B.S. They can tell when someone’s mouth is moving and the clutch is not engaged.

Your broker kept saying, "Stay with the portfolio, don’t jump ship," and you felt a strong urge to dump the stocks and get into the money market where at least you’re not going to lose your shirt, but you didn’t do it and didn’t do it, and now you’re holding a big bag of brown bananas. Me, too. But at least I know enough not to believe desperate people who are talking trash. Anybody who got whacked last week and still thinks McCain-Palin is going to lead us out of the swamp and not into a war with Iran is beyond persuasion in the English language.

 

[HAL 9000]

So if supporting Republican policies and a Republican president doesn't make you a Republican, what does? Is there a secret handshake or something? Maybe a patch and a jacket, like the 1%er biker clubs?

What other Republican policies does Hitchens support besides the Iraq war?

 

[RandFan]

I wish Christopher Hitchins would shut the up. He is undoubtedly brilliant, but he comes across as so annoying and arrogant that he is bound to hurt Obama more than help him. Plus, it's rumored he's an atheist.

To me, Hitchens is a god. I just can't get enough of what he has to say. I don't agree with everything he says but even when I disagree with him I love the way he says it.

Hey, see this debate between Eric Alterman and Hitchens where Alterman takes Hitchens to task for Hitchens "slandering" liberals. It's a good debate and I think it gives a pretty good read on Hitchen's political leanings.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

So, faced with the fact that you've argued yourself into a corner, you change the subject.

Posts like his are why we need a "Gordian thought" award.

 

[Cicero]

Posts like his are why we need a "Gordian thought" award.

Perhaps we just need a knot head award.

Originally Posted by UnrepentantSinner:

It's clear you have never been in the military and learned that you respect the office of the presidency regardless of how you feel about the person. I try to refer to every previous president as "President so and so" at least once in every post I make to the Internet, the only variation being things like 43 vs. 41 for Presidents Bush or nicknames.

But then, unlike you and Cicero, I don't have sufficient hubris to never admit I was mistaken so I guess I shouldn't even bother asking if you'll clarify whether you will accede your assertion was wrong or if you have too much personal pride to admit it.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125795&page=3

Oops! UnrepentantSinner Thread:

***.."Bill Clinton fault scorecard."..***

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124263

Are you sure you ever served in the U.S. military? Or was that in the service of some other country?

 

[joobz]

Absolutely amazing that what you saw, I saw none of. I thought McCain meandered. I thought his patting on the shoulder of the veteran was, if not staged, simply creating a "camera" moment. I thought he was vague in all of his answers, and came off far from "presidential".

Interesting how the same performance can be seen in two completely different ways.

TAM

Yes. It was indeed a camera Moment. But it's supposed to be. They were on camera!

I agree it is weird. I'd think it confirmation bias, but I'm an Obama Supporter.

Indeed, I thought McCain did horribly the last debate. He came off extremely tired and aggressive. I thought Obama handled him like a person would handle an irate teenager. With wizened patience and dissmisal. But it seems many thought it was McCain's best performance.

Oh well, I guess I don't read people very well.

 

[DavidJames]

Yes. It was indeed a camera Moment. But it's supposed to be. They were on camera!

I agree it is weird. I'd think it confirmation bias, but I'm an Obama Supporter.

Indeed, I thought McCain did horribly the last debate. He came off extremely tired and aggressive. I thought Obama handled him like a person would handle an irate teenager. With wizened patience and dissmisal. But it seems many thought it was McCain's best performance.

Oh well, I guess I don't read people very well.

I thought it was McCain's best performance and was surprised at the poll results after the debate. Not that I expected him to be judged the winner, but I expected the results to be closer.

However, I also agree that Obama was clearly better.

 

[moon1969]

Is Hitchens still saying that Henry Kissinger is a war criminal? Many things that Hitchens said about Henry Kissinger were lies. He accused Henry Kissinger for things like Orlando Letelier and René Schneider when there is no proof that Henry Kissinger had anything to do with those two cases.

 

[mrbaracuda]

NICE! Hitchens, !

 

[Tony]

Hitchens is great. I may not agree with everything he says, but he has a dangerously brilliant mind and a sharp, unapologetic tongue. Seeing him "debate" with Sean Hannity was gold. Hannity was so out of his league, I almost felt sorry for him. It was like watching a half-wit Forrest Gump debating Albert Einstein. I'm glad that Hitchens seems to be taking more or a public role. Agree or disagree with his views, the American public sphere desperately needs an injection from a voice and intellect of his caliber.