OK, it's now beyond parody
I struggle, when trying to convince people to change their minds, or at least when trying to make my views plain, not to engage in name-calling and hand-waving. I don't always succeed, as anyone who has argued with me will surely attest.
That said, I hope I'm not supposed to take these people seriously:
Blacks say Bush played race card with court pick [...] Prominent blacks charged President Bush deliberately chose a conservative black woman so it would be harder for senators to vote against her.
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Well, DUH!
Posted by: Guy Smilee | November 6, 2003 01:27 PM
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Heh.
I'm just having a great time imagining the furor if Republicans decided to make an issue out of the race of a Democratic nominee. Or out of one of their own nominees, for that matter.
And amused at how "playing the race card" is suddenly a bad thing.
Posted by: Brian Jones | November 6, 2003 02:00 PM
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Well, you know, blacks and hispanics are only "qualified" if they're liberals.
Posted by: Guy Smilee | November 6, 2003 10:09 PM
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Well, of course.
I'm also interested in the "prominent blacks" arrayed against Brown - isn't membership on the California Supreme Court "prominent?" Shouldn't it be "Prominent Blacks Protest Prominent Black Brown?"
Posted by: Brian Jones | November 7, 2003 03:42 PM
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Yeah. And I'd like to see the idiological label applied there, too, i.e. "Promianat LIBERAL blacks protest Brown".
Posted by: Guy Smilee | November 8, 2003 07:40 AM
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OK:
Prominent Liberal Blacks Oppose Prominent Conservative Black Brown.
Posted by: Brian Jones | November 8, 2003 07:51 AM
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Yes, now remove "black(s)" and we have the true nature of the situation.
Posted by: Guy Smilee | November 8, 2003 11:26 AM
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And, as Taranto would say, who knew?
Posted by: Guy Smilee | November 8, 2003 11:26 AM
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Howzabout:
Prominent Liberal Browns Oppose Prominent Conservative, Also Brown
OK, smite me.
Posted by: Chris Jones | November 8, 2003 01:52 PM