Weighing in on Time's "Swampland" blog, journalist Joe Klein opined that the best question of last night's GOP primary debate was the infamous "What do you dislike most about America" question. Klein slammed the candidates' performances, but particularly picked on Romney, whom he mocked as overly optimistic:
I could imagine him doing the Reagan nice-guy, slightly-boggled head twitch, especially when he was asked the question of the night: What do you dislike most about America?
Romney's answer: I love America. Great. Good. Great Great. Creative. People. The American People. Love. Great....[...]
This is a basic DNA difference between the parties. Republicans see the American people as perfect; the American government as an alien import from France. You put America and Flawed in the same sentence, and any Republican will go all (faux) De Toqueville--great good great good etc.
Later in his blog posting, Klein complains that "Listening to the Republicans, you'd never guess this was a country 70% of the public thinks is heading in the wrong direction."
And reading Klein you'd think the media see themselves faultless in drumming up such pessimism.
After all, the Media Research Center has documented how the media have, for instance, persistently portrayed the stellar economy in a negative light, have consistently portrayed the war in Iraq in the most negative light, and consistently been a soap box for left-wing journalists and celebrities to whine about how flawed and backwards they think America is.
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Nattering Nabobs
May 4, 2007 - 10:41 ET by RJNattering Nabobs of Negativism
It was true then, it's true now.
That's what the answer should
May 4, 2007 - 11:42 ET by mattmThat's what the answer should have been! "What I dislike most about America is nattering nabobs of negativism like you who have a disproportional amount of influence in this society."
Joe who?Oh yeah, I forgot, he
May 4, 2007 - 10:51 ET by bigtimerJoe who?
Oh yeah, I forgot, he went by Anonymous, which fits him perfectly.
I know what I dislike about A
May 4, 2007 - 10:56 ET by mbx175I know what I dislike about America ... morons in the media like you.
The cowardly Joe Klein should have remained anonymous.
May 4, 2007 - 11:06 ET by CTThe cowardly Joe Klein should have remained anonymous, he epitomizes the bias of the effete MSM. No doubt he will do his best to smear democrap talking points on Republican candidates in order to gain airtime.
This is a basic DNA differe
May 4, 2007 - 11:20 ET by Tom1969ca...while Democrats see the American people as too stupid to make decisions for themselves; they need the government to spend as much of their money for them so they don't spend it on the wrong things. (I forget which Senator it was who actually said that a couple years back on one of the Sunday shows...)
They see America (i.e., the nation they expect to elect them and pay their salary/benefits/pension) as wrong in everything it does, everything it is and everything it hopes to be. Doesn't matter what it is - if it's American, it's wrong. If it's democratic and free, it's wrong. If it's rooted in the faith of the Founders, it's wrong.
And that's in their DNA, too.
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If Hillary is the answer, it must've been a stupid question...
As I tell my liberal friend
May 4, 2007 - 11:31 ET by FlashmanAs I tell my liberal friends, if it's such a shithole why is there so big a queue to get in?
What do they reply with; &q
May 4, 2007 - 11:34 ET by MightyMouthWhat do they reply with; "The US has better shopping"? :-)
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
This Klein fellow is apparently muddle-headed
May 4, 2007 - 14:16 ET by Ten7s"...a basic DNA difference between the parties. Republicans see the American people as perfect; the American government as an alien import from France. You put America and Flawed in the same sentence, and any Republican will go all (faux) De Toqueville--great good great good etc..."
This Klein fellow is apparently muddle-headed. It would take several hundred words to untangle just this portion of this nonsensical paragraph. A "basic DNA...[of] parties" is just stupid. Parties have rules, platforms, and factions. They are a way of organizing variegated interests into action, precisely the opposite of uniformity. And yeah, right, Klein "people are perfect"...
The "alien import[s]" are multiculturalism and political correctness, and they can actually be traced directly to the Cultural Marxists expelled from Germany after WWI (who came to America in the mid-1920s), though I wouldn't rule out Marxist influences from France, USSR, and China, etc. as part of the cause of the dreadful Leftist plague currently infecting American politics and culture.
Would "(faux) De Toqueville" be Alexis de Tocqueville? Yes, Conservatives aren't familiar with "[sic] De Toqueville", and ignorant Lefties like you, Klein, apparently have never read de Tocqueville or anything of substance.
Well, since he brought up D
May 4, 2007 - 14:23 ET by BigBWell, since he brought up DNA and all...Allow me to respond...
I think 70% of the best part of this turdpump ran down the crack of his momma's...
well...you know the rest....
I know...I know...not very insightful or full of facts..crass if you will.....I put about as much thought into it as he apparently puts into his blog....
I'm sure when he heard that question, he just about peed all over himself writting them down....
Now, this might sting just a little bit.....