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"Grizzlie Antagonist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:00:36 -0800, "JoettaB" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >"Grizzlie Antagonist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 18:20:30 GMT, Hot Frog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grizzlie Antagonist) writes: > >> > > >> >> I can understand all of those things, but what I don't understand is > >> >> the intense HATRED that he generates in liberal quarters - visceral > >> >> intense physical HATRED. > >> >> > >> >> I don't understand that at all. He seems to be a nice guy and a > >> >> genuine human being. Political opposition is one thing, but what is > >> >> there about him which would generate such intensively negative > >> >> PERSONAL feelings? > >> > > >> >The Democratic Party has always been dominated by hate mongers. After > >> >all, they are the party that founded the Ku Klux Klan and murdered little > >> >children in the name of segregation. They hated Eisenhower too, > >> >particularly after he sent in the army to enforce integration in southern > >> >schools. > >> > > >> >Even hate mongers have rights. If they cross the line into violence, we > >> >can throw them in prison. Until then, they have a right to say what they > >> >want. > >> > >> > >> Giving them almost monopolistic control of the news media (with one > >> possible network excepted) seems to be going overboard, though. > >> > > > >Well, y'all have Rush who is, without a doubt, the largest loud-mouth that > >the US has ever encountered in my opinion, so that should make things fairly > >even. > > > He's a commentator. He's not a member of the "news media", any more > than Garry Trudeau is. I didn't say he was "a member of the 'news media'." I said that having a big-mouth like him makes things fairly even. But, I will give you this much: at least you did not say he was a "political analyst."
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