Re: Ken Smith: A Republican???

Ken Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Mr. Jance" wrote:
> 
> > Ken Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > Frank Ney wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:54:00 GMT, an orbiting mind control laser caused Ken
> > > > Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to write:
> > > >
> > > > >  Consider Rush Limbaugh's predicament.  It wasn't his fault that
> > > > >his doctor prescribed OxyContin, which is frighteningly addictive.
> > > > >But he became addicted, and committed any number of felonies.
> > > > >And near as I can tell, he hasn't harmed anyone but himself.  Are
> > > > >society's interests really being served by having Rush sent up the
> > > > >river for ten years?
> > > >
> > > > Depends on whether doing so gets the message across to the neocons that the
> > > > Drugged War really isn't such a good idea or not.
> > > >
> > > > Rush deserves to get it in his fat ass, considering how he get medieval on
> > > > anyone with a dependency issue on practically a daily basis.  Hoist on his own
> > > > petard.
> > >
> > >   For me, this is a tough one.  If it were anyone else but Rush, I'd be
> > > inclined to forgive -- but when you live in a glass house, you shouldn't
> > > be in the habit of throwing stones.  Putting the neocons' most virulent
> > > spokesman behind bars might get them to reconsider the wisdom of
> > > this War.
> >
> > Rush is every talk stations cash cow so none of them would ever drop
> > his show.  I hear a lot of the left and anti Rush crowd say how Ted
> > Kennedy should be happy now since he was Limbaugh's whipping post over
> > his alcohol addiction.  So Ken, Rush never killed anyone right?
> 
>   A lot of people have gone to prison who never killed anyone.  Rush
> has been a good soldier in the war against illegal narcotics, and virulent
> in his demand that offenders be punished.  I submit that, because Rush
> has taken that manifestly unforgiving position, he should do the time he
> has demanded that others endure.
> 
> > Remember in Chappaquiddick, Mass., Teddy-boy had driven off the edge
> > of a bridge.  He wasn't severely injured, however, Mary Jo Kopechne
> > the woman that was in his vehicle with him was KILLED.
> 
>   I'm not defending TeddiScotch, any more than I would TeddiBeer.
> I'm a Republican, who happens to agree with William F. Buckley on
> this issue. Let's admit that we've lost the war on drugs, and work on
> restoring some semblance of sanity.
>   But since we're on the subject of abuse of prosecutorial discretion,
> let's talk about the felonious breach of securities laws committed by
> our gallant President.  Do you mean to tell me that a Harvard MBA
> doesn't know the basics of insider trading?  LOL!
> 
>   And as Republicans, I just think we have to be a little better than
> Paul Begala.  If we're going to diss Kennedy for his alcohol abuse,
> we have to do the same for Rush and his felony violations of drug
> laws.  If we are going to diss Bill Clinton for his lies, don't we also
> have to diss morals maven Bill Bennett for his?  And if we're going
> to diss Bill Clinton for his adultery, there are legions of Republican
> politicians who haven't been able to keep their pants up and/or their
> skirts down.
> 
>   Let's not forget that when TeddiScotch was driving his car off the
> road, one George Walker Bush was nabbed for a DWI. (Whether
> Bush was busted for cocaine possession is debatable, but I tend to
> accept the assertion as fact, given that the document which would
> have indicated that fact has mysteriously been destroyed.)
> 
>   By your logic, we have to let Malvo walk, because he wasn't quite
> as bad as Adolf Hitler.  Rush did the crime, he ought to do the time
> -- unless you agree that drug abuse is a victimless crime, drug laws
> are draconian and unreasonable, and we have far better things to do
> than locking people up for growing, selling, and using marijuana.
> 
> > PS.  Ken, do you need reading eyeglasses?
> 
>   P.S.: Mr. Jance, do you need a moral compass?



Ken, I have read a few of your posts here. I had you pegged as a
liberal, but I was suprised to see that you call yourself a
Republican. I understand you don't like Rush, and that's fine and
dandy. If he is found guilty of anything he should pay the appropriate
penalty. But as a Republican, what is it about his stand on the issues
that you don't like? Because I have to say, I have my doubts about you
being a Republican, when you display so much haterd against the most
influential voice on our side of the isle.  I am not trying to goad
you into an argument, I'm just curious what a "Republican" such as
yourself believes in, or does not believe in.