11.20.2004
Uh, pass the mustache wax
Linda Ronstadt says:
I would like to ask her a couple of follow-up questions, such as "Just how was Germany before Hitler took over? Just how did someone who voted Republican vote against themselves? What do you know about the Iraqis? If asked on the spot, how well do you think she could reply?
I think what she said and how she said it is classic, artful, empty liberalism. The art of it is to say something without substance for the 'sting value'; then cut and run. The grace of it is that anyone with any purchase in the public eye can do it...like Linda.
Linda Ronstadt says:
"People don't realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves," she says. Of Iraq in particular, she adds, "I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers."
I would like to ask her a couple of follow-up questions, such as "Just how was Germany before Hitler took over? Just how did someone who voted Republican vote against themselves? What do you know about the Iraqis? If asked on the spot, how well do you think she could reply?
I think what she said and how she said it is classic, artful, empty liberalism. The art of it is to say something without substance for the 'sting value'; then cut and run. The grace of it is that anyone with any purchase in the public eye can do it...like Linda.
// posted by HunterByrd @ 4:24 AM 
